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Lucius's avatar

My friends used to ask me why I would play the first level of some games over and over again, and this is why. It required just enough bandwidth to keep my brain busy, but not enough to require serious concentration.

Running on power saving mode while the system bleeds off excess heat and gets (maybe) gets back to (vaguely) healthy levels.

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Susan Linehan's avatar

I find much the same Zen space with Spider Solitaire. It, too , has its success in eliminating things. It has a BIT more content than Tetris--you have to know what suits are--but I can always mark my News Overload by the sudden urge to drop everything and hit the Spider Button.

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Karen Gold's avatar

I loved the movie Tetris about the creation of the game. It was a real Cold War thriller.

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Leonard Grossman's avatar

Ah, the joy of nothing after a night of doomscrolling.

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raojenkins's avatar

My man Wallace Stevens in Tetris! Who knew!

(For the uninitiated

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45235/the-snow-man-56d224a6d4e90 )

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Bill Flarsheim's avatar

For me, it’s Free Cell. I’ve played for years, but for longer times on more devices since the last election.

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Robert Spottswood, M.A.'s avatar

“ratiocination”

Just in time for the Scrabble game.

You’re hired.

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