Games

The Enlighten Game

Priority request. "The purpose of the game is to open the channels of communication and to create an ever-expanding experience of alignment between the lower ego-self (Matter) and the Most High Source Consciousness (Spirit)."

gaming addiction

Request: Very common, especially among teenagers and young adults. What is the field?

Go (board game)

"Believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day... Just as checkers had fallen to machines in 1995 and chess in 1997, computer programs finally conquered humanity's greatest Go champions in 2016–2017" -- wikipedia.

Minecraft

You mine to get stuff to craft with and craft to make stuff to mine with. I think.

Tetris

By request. "A puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer" -- wikipedia.

Jenga

Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure -- wikipedia.

Sudoku

Calibration of number puzzle on a 9x9 grid.

Monopoly (board game)

A multiplayer economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels -- wikipedia.

Scrabble (board game)

“a game in which players build up words on a board from small lettered squares or tiles.” — Google dictionary.

chess (board game)

Request: Calibrated at 415 in TvF.

The Sims (video game series)

The player creates virtual people called "Sims", places them in houses, and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires. Sold nearly 200 million copies -- wikipedia.

playing video games

Request: As a generic activity, like "reading books" etc. Is there intrinsic negativity to it?

fantasy football

participants serve as owners and general managers of virtual gridiron football teams. The competitors select their rosters by participating in a draft in which all relevant National Football League players are available -- wikipedia.

Magnus Carlsen

"He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world, while holding the record for longest consecutive reign" -- wikipedia.

Pandemic (board game)

"In 'Pandemic', several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand." - BoardGameGeek.com