karli@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSocial media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study findstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down17
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minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoI was replaying Super Mario Bros a while ago and it was really striking to me how deliberate the game seems to be about trying to teach patience and impulse control. Games ask more from you than social media content does.
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYes! Thank you for putting this into words, I had the same experience recently but couldn’t articulate what I was feeling…
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPlatformers, metroidvanias, soulslikes, puzzlers… some games are almost brutal in how they demand patience and focus!
I was replaying Super Mario Bros a while ago and it was really striking to me how deliberate the game seems to be about trying to teach patience and impulse control. Games ask more from you than social media content does.
Yes! Thank you for putting this into words, I had the same experience recently but couldn’t articulate what I was feeling…
Platformers, metroidvanias, soulslikes, puzzlers… some games are almost brutal in how they demand patience and focus!