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Alice Rendell's Blog - Depression and the Video Game. If you stop your average stranger in the street and ask them to describe a typical video game player, the answer is likely to include some unfortunate associations.

Alice Rendell's Blog - Depression and the Video Game

The word ‘lonely’ would probably come up a lot and the phrases “doesn’t get out much” and “not very social” are likely to make an appearance or two. Unfortunate though it is I am not necessarily here to dispute this fact. Of course we all know the dangers of stereotyping groups of people and I am not for one minute saying all gamers are awkward social nobodies. In fact nowadays with the rise of social and mobile games, the gaming arm has been extended to more and more unlikely types of players, and the gaming community in large is as diverse as it ever has been. However, I must wonder as to where these types of generalizations come from. According to Science Daily in 2011 depression affected more than 121 million people worldwide.

Anti-social, social gaming Firstly, the problem of social isolation and loneliness. Why me? Cry of Fear on Steam. Cry of Fear is a Psychological First Person Shooter Survival Horror taking place in Stockholm (Fäversholm ingame), Sweden.

Cry of Fear on Steam

Cry of Fear is my 2nd favorite game of all time. It only gets beaten by S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I love Cry of Fear so much because of the atmosphere, the sick and twisted horror or it might be because, and I can assure you that, it is the best survival horror I ever played. The atmosphere is one of the best ever accomplished in a video game. It´s depressing, oppressing, evil and also obscure and something very unique. Whats left? There are different endings and choices to be made, if I remember correctly, you have two choices which give you 4 main story endings. 1 co-op ending, 1 secret and 1 manhunt campaign ending. The game is about 10 hrs for beginners and 8 for faster people and can be beaten in 2,5 hrs by pros.

Now to the horror. Some puzzles can be frustrating and many parts can be hard to accomplish or are just tearing apart your brain (maze). 75 Great Games that run well on a Cheap Laptop - PC Gaming - Video Games. 75 Great Games that run well on a Cheap Laptop So you have always been told laptops aren't made for gaming.

75 Great Games that run well on a Cheap Laptop - PC Gaming - Video Games

I am going to prove that wrong. My laptop has a single core AMD processor and an ATI 4200 HD integrated graphics chip for graphics with 128 MB of dedicated ram, shared up tp 1 gigabyte. This is considered to be a weak graphics chip. I do consider this rig a Gaming Laptop and I'll tell you why. Most people buy better laptops than this one, and I say if I can have hours of gaming fun with my rig's specs, You can too! (On many of these games I have added Enhancement Mods to make the games look feel and play better than the originals. 1994 - 1999 - These are simply the oldest and best classics that really were the founders of modern gaming. Non Graphical Text Adventure Games - I mention these because they are classic and will run on anything and are tons of fun and very challenging. Classic Shooters: ( All High Settings for these games) Flight/Space Sim: Non Classic Flight Sim: More Info.

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