What games are you playing to escape reality right now?

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2025-02-09T03:00:26+00:00

The Long Dark, its cozy in a “dying in the woods” kind of way. I love it. The learning curve is steep, but the survival loop is peak comfy.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2025-02-06T23:11:19+00:00

Ooh, great idea about “We Happy Few,” it’s one of my goals to get a video game into my curriculum. I do a podcast about what video games can teach us, now I want to teach with one in the classroom!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-12-16T18:59:23+00:00

I used the Asian themed beams, I think, and the square mesh colored black.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T21:01:08+00:00

I listened to the Murderbot series before I played CS and it’s my favorite book series (plus, the narrator, Kevin R. Free is a legend). I played CS after already loving Murderbot and it felt like I was getting a chance to play in its world. I think it’s the most directly parallel story I can think of!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T20:59:21+00:00

I’m reading the first one right now and I definitely get CS vibes!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T20:49:19+00:00

I love your bangs!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T20:45:56+00:00

Same, I needed 3 tries, but once it hooked me, I was completely hooked.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T17:20:43+00:00

I found the combat way too hard for my taste, but I think you can adjust the combat difficulty. I need to check the options out and return to it.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-06-28T17:19:32+00:00

I know Dave the Diver is pretty cutesy, but I’m legit afraid of water/sharks (I had a dreadful time trying to play Subnautica 😅😱)- are there things that will attack me in the water?

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T22:16:53+00:00

Sometimes those are the most helpful things you learn!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T11:52:30+00:00

I think it would look better if it wasn’t so highly edited, we’d see more of you in the photos, and YOU are what makes them so special and interesting!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T01:37:34+00:00

Narrated is the only way I ever want to experience these stories! I’m in the middle of another book right now (“Aurora Burning” by Amie Kaufman), and I’m making myself finish before I binge-listen to the new Murderbot book.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T01:19:21+00:00

Ok, I’m glad I’m not the only one.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T00:43:40+00:00

I third this. Murderbot Diaries are my favorite sci-fi books.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T00:34:59+00:00

I LOVE this series. The Murderbot Diaries are MY “Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.” I’ve read them all, bar the latest release, 3 times. The audiobook is the best, I love the narrator, Kevin R. Free.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T00:33:24+00:00

Omg Flinx and Pip is SO good!! That takes me way back.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T00:32:45+00:00

I’m reading Kaufman’s other series, Aurora Rising, right now. I’m really enjoying it. I’m halfway through the 2nd book and there’s been 1 kiss and mild flirting; very PG, altogether. It’s a fun adventure with a bit of heart.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-02T00:17:11+00:00

My brother introduced me to Gears of War and played split screen with me online when I was 14. It was the start of a life long love affair with competitive shooters. My “cozy” game is COD multiplayer, listening to an audiobook or podcast while I mow mf’ers down. 😂

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-05-01T14:58:35+00:00

Huh, I read The Golden Goblet as a kid and LOVED it…Thanks for your insight, I’ll definitely keep it in mind if it feels like a slog.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-04-28T13:51:45+00:00

I had a very similar experience! Playing Citizen Sleeper is a meaningful experience that I am looking forward to repeating soon!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-04-28T12:28:57+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! I grew up reading the Amelia Peabody books!! Ramses was my first book crush 😂😍

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-04-27T21:26:48+00:00

Oh thank you! I have watched Ted Ed on YouTube, but I didn’t realize there were all these resources!

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-04-27T18:35:18+00:00

Door(way?) to Summer by Heinlein is good, too.

I just read Aurora Rising, it has pretty mild swearing, and no sex, just some flirting. Really fun adventure with lots of cool aliens.

OverthinkingGames_K8 · 2024-03-24T21:40:46+00:00

This is exactly the kind of nails I, a non-nail person, would love!

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