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These are the best beginner-friendly video games for your coronavirus lockdown
Games are a great cure for the quarantine blues. Not only can they keep you busy, but they may bring excitement into what's previously been you sitting on your sofa. Choosing the right game can be intimidating for newcomers, so we've compiled the five best games for surviving the pandemic, no matter your experience level.
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The 33 best multiplayer video games to play in 2020
Earlier this week, we shared our picks of the 28 best single-player games to play while we all stay at home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. If you prefer a bit of friendly competition, though, we’ve got you covered.
From the best Battle Royale games in 2020, to the top sports simulations, and everything in between, here are 33 of our favorite multiplayer video games to dive into while you're stuck at home, with picks for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. Many of these games are free to play, so if you’ve got any one of those consoles or a PC, there’s going to be something for you!
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The summer of 2016 seems like forever ago but Pokemon Go still is here, and Niantic has made some adjustments for players who still want to capture Pokemon while sheltering in place.
They have doubled the rate at which Pokemon appear and halved the amount of time it takes for eggs to hatch; anyone wanting to fight at a gym can probably do so from their house. The range at which gyms are accessible has increased greatly.
Many things are taking place:
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Looking for something to do while social distancing ? Gaming could help level up your at-home experience.
Millions of people are turning to games as sources of entertainment and socialization amid the global coronavirus pandemic . In fact, digital distribution service Steam broke its record earlier this month by accumulating more than 24.5 million concurrent users.
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It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play , we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend.
Often, when I'm not sure what I want to play, I go browsing the new releases on Steam, Itch.io, and the Nintendo eShop until something grabs my attention. Usually, it's a game that fits my mood, which, like a lot of other people's moods lately, is a bit more anxious than usual. While in such a state, I'm almost more interested in playing something familiar and relaxing instead of something new.
Video games can help kids tackle loneliness during lockdown
Schools are out for who knows how long. This new reality provides a unique challenge for parents who have now become full-time educators alongside their work and household responsibilities. As a parent of two primary school aged children, I fear we are about to receive a crash course in the challenges faced by teachers on a daily basis and – I hope – a new-found respect for the profession.
As many of us try to keep working while caring for our children, we might find that there are not enough printable coloring sheets and maths workbooks to fill this void. While screens are usually avoided, parents should cut themselves some slack as they try to juggle many hats. As such, multiplayer video games can help ease the situation providing some of the lost structure and social activity.
Video Games Can Be Powerful Tools for Cognitive Training
A new study finds that expert players of action real-time strategy video games, such as World of Warcraft, become better at allocating brain resources between visual stimuli that compete for attention.
The video games, which are won through strategic planning, selective attention, sensorimotor skills and teamwork, place considerable demands on the brain, according to researchers.
Previous research has shown that playing video games can improve cognitive development, such as greater sensitivity to contrasts, better eye-to-hand coordination, and superior memory. But researchers note the long-term effects of gaming on a key cognitive function called temporal visual selective attention — the capacity to distinguish between important and irrelevant information within a rapid stream of visual stimuli — has never been studied.
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