• melbaboutown
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    20 hours ago

    I’m trying to stop doomscrolling and also trying to reduce negative social media.

    It’s been really hard trying to replace it with other hobbies due to multiple barriers but all I can do is try to reduce

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      20 hours ago
      • go to GOG.com
      • Download Dungeon Keeper (original), Factorio or Theme Hospital
      • Lose all your SM time in other means.
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          17 hours ago

          if you’re a fan, you should check out keeperFX.

          how’s 60-odd new levels and campaigns on the original engine sound with a long weekend coming up.

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          17 hours ago

          I don’t think it’s free anywhere

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        19 hours ago

        Factorio

        And lose my sanity! If it’s anything like Dwarf Fortress. I’m not good at time management games.

        I used to download old game isos for emulators but didn’t find they worked very well and am wary about downloads now.

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          17 hours ago

          not a time management, but a resource builder.

          GOG actually includes their own wrappers that will just run in the OS, been using them for years now. Haven’t had a single issue.

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      20 hours ago

      Yeah doomscrolling is not worth your time or the little bit of sanity you have left. I like to play games like cribbage, 500, chess, backgammon, mahjong. The world is your oyster these days.

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        19 hours ago

        I used to enjoy Solitaire until Microsoft stuffed it with ads, levels, pop ups for premium and sound effects that turn themselves back on if muted. They made a basic game unplayable… do I have to buy a pack of physical cards? lol.

        (Actually they are cheap… but impractical on bed days and the cat would sit on or eat them.)

        I played Minecraft single player but it gets depressing and boring after a while