Dec. 9, 2024 — Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted ...

In recent years a number of clever coin-weighing or ball-weighing problems have aroused widespread interest. Here is a new and charmingly simple variation. You have 10 stacks of coins, each ...

Chilly weather and early nights make the winter months ideal for cuddling up with your favorite games. Relaxing board games are great for a lazy afternoon with friends or an after-dinner activity.

If you’re a fan of shooters or action-adventure games in 2024, then I’m sure you don’t have to look hard to find something worth playing. Puzzle games tend to receive less hype online, and ...

What impressed me the most was how, in most of the genre's games it's difficult to connect the story and the puzzles in a way that feels natural. There’s often a disconnect between the two ...

Here’s a fairly recent twist on an old type of logic puzzle. A logician vacationing in the South Pacific finds himself on an island inhabited by the two proverbial groups of liars and truth ...

The Indiana Jones game room puzzle is the first challenge you'll find once you get inside the hidden pyramid in Sukhothai. It's a board game where placing large pegs on a board will move L-shaped ...

When you’re hauling a couch through a narrow hallway and yelling “Pivot!” like Ross from Friends, you’re unwittingly grappling with a half-century-old mathematical conundrum. Known as the ...

Playing helped vision and spatial awareness, dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Numerous jigsaw puzzles, Blokus, Connect Four and Dominoes helped fine motor skills whereas Trivial Pursuit and ...

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