Don't have much video game experience. Wore out a Nintendo Donkey Kong and Nintendo Mario Bros when I was a kid. Then some Quake on Windows.
I realized the potential of gaming when a couple of games helped me progress my pilot certification (Flight Simulator of course, and X-Plane on iPad).
Haven't don't much video gaming, but do have an addictive personality.
So, it is resolved... I now want to take on positive addictions. I want to get addicted to one or more video games that will make me smarter. They could be about strategy, or reflexes, etc. All are good. Smartness comes in many dimensions. (Bonus if they can make me a better listener, or teach me to talk less, or turn me into a morning person, or teach me intuitions related to probability/fat-tails*).
FLOSS/FOSS preferred.
Currently, I have Windows and ChromeOS laptops, and an Android phone.
Your recommendations are invited below.
Thank you in advance.
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* sadly, the game isn't available any more. But Ole Peters of London Math Lab once tweeted a link to a game that helped me understand Kelly Criterion and its relationship to Ergodicity in a way I would never have understood otherwise.
I realized the potential of gaming when a couple of games helped me progress my pilot certification (Flight Simulator of course, and X-Plane on iPad).
Haven't don't much video gaming, but do have an addictive personality.
So, it is resolved... I now want to take on positive addictions. I want to get addicted to one or more video games that will make me smarter. They could be about strategy, or reflexes, etc. All are good. Smartness comes in many dimensions. (Bonus if they can make me a better listener, or teach me to talk less, or turn me into a morning person, or teach me intuitions related to probability/fat-tails*).
FLOSS/FOSS preferred.
Currently, I have Windows and ChromeOS laptops, and an Android phone.
Your recommendations are invited below.
Thank you in advance.
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* sadly, the game isn't available any more. But Ole Peters of London Math Lab once tweeted a link to a game that helped me understand Kelly Criterion and its relationship to Ergodicity in a way I would never have understood otherwise.