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Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 3 March 2025

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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Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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- MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Dungeon Keeper
  
  What a blast from the past.
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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- Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Is Factorio free on GoG?
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I don’t think it’s free anywhere
    
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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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
  
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  - Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    For solitaire, try this one - worldofsolitaire.com - ads easily blocked and it’s free. I’ve never had any trouble muting sound or choosing other options/settings. Has easy versions and difficult versions of most of the games.
    
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Thanks
    
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