Games like the Sims can be dangerous for a young kid with a good imagination. You quickly turn from just wanting to keep your sims alive and happy to building a wall of sofas next to an open pit so they have no choice but to live out the rest of their days in the …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (August 21, 2024)

One of my favorite games of all time is Geoguessr. This isn’t the typical «gamer game» per se, but it’s my game of choice. For those unfamiliar, it’s an online game that drops you in the middle of a random street somewhere in the world, and you have to do your best to guess where …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (August 13, 2024)

Gamers are good at a few things. Fine motor skills? Definitely. We’ve crushed enough buttons in the right sequence that our fingers are probably smarter than our brains. Quick decision-making skills? Most certainly. We’ve had to choose whether to fight or to flee in split seconds, know which weapons to draw when, when to jump, …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (August 7, 2024)

Nothing like cracking open a fresh game at the end of a long day. When you’re bored or stressed at work, it can be the thing you look forward to. When you’re having a rough day, when things just don’t seem to be going your way, a nice long video game session can make everything …
Seguir leyendo 30 of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (July 31, 2024)

If only the skills you develop while gaming translated more directly to real life. Sure, gaming can improve your decision-making, response time, and ability to think ahead, but what if we could jump to great heights, flawlessly operate a crossbow, and cast magical healing spells? That would really make all that time spent gaming worth …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (July 24, 2024)

Gaming is quickly becoming one of those things that people pay to see other people do, like sports or… acting. Imagine saying to the creators of Pong, «One day, folks from all across the world will tune in to see non-celebrities play video games, and not even play the game themselves.» They’d probably have a …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (July 17, 2024)

Gaming can be an excellent way to make friends. Ever had a game night? That’s when you’ll truly find out which ones of your friends are the real competitive menaces. But it brings you closer together. Even though you might resent your best friend owning all the railroads in Monopoly and thus owning the game, …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (July 10, 2024)

Nothing like a good gaming sesh in the heat of summer. You can protect yourself from the heat, inside with the air conditioning and the good snacks. Even if summer used to mean hours and hours of unfettered free time, and now means life as usual but now it’s hot outside, a nostalgic game can …
Seguir leyendo 28 of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (July 3, 2024)

Gaming has transformed so much over its history that it’s hard to fully comprehend. Think back to the time of cavemen: surely they devised little games to pass the time with rocks and sticks. Perhaps they played games of tic-tac-toe on the cave walls. Then centuries later, remembering our roots, came the age of board …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (June 26, 2024)

A good game is like a good pet. It’s there when you get home, excited to see you, ready to play. But unlike a pet, it doesn’t require any day-to-day maintenance. You don’t need to feed it, you don’t need to take it for walks, and it won’t wake you up in the middle of …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Best Gaming Memes of the Week (June 19, 2024)