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Playing Tetris Is Good For You
An anonymous reader writes "Some UK researchers found out that playing Tetris is actually good for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, by interfering with memory. I wonder if playing Minesweeper is effective against boss-inflicted stress."
was brought on by being hit repeatedly by blocks of various geometric shapes each divided into 4 equal sections?
Monstar L
No, but Mine-layer is...
So, what does playing tetris do when you're trying to store normal memories, like where you put your glasses?
They're between the lamp and the glass.
Be careful not to leave the keys on that table, or it will all disappear.
From what I've seen people do primarily play Tetris to decompress and reduce stress.
It doesn't reduce stress for me! Especially when some high ranked asshole comes into play me on Tetris Party for the Wii and quits after I beat him and before his ranking is affected. Fucking cocksuckers. If I ever find one of those motherfuckers I will pound them in the head with a Wiimote repeatedly until death occurs.
Oh, is that what you meant by reducing stress? Sorry, I got distracted.
Actually they were good for nothing, unless you were surrounded by an environment struck constantly by conflict and horror. Something you would have picked up if you had read TFA instead of wasting 14232 hours of your life playing Tetris.
I am the lawn!
Clicking without looking is like watching the movie in The Ring. After a while someone will murder you.
I am the lawn!
Actually they were good for nothing, unless you were surrounded by an environment struck constantly by conflict and horror.
In other words, unless he had a TV running somewhere around him.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
You just got Reikk-rolled.
I'm not insane! My mother had me tested.