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Pokémon Puzzle League
Jul. 6th, 2023 06:52 pmI posted a while back here about having some anxiety while on flights that experience turbulence.
Well, I had a hell of a test of that earlier this week, when a little puddle-jumper of a flight wound up going through some serious thunderstorms—no beverage service, repeated intercom appeals to ensure all seatbelts are fastened, and the whole plane getting tossed and turned every which way like a damn McSalad Shaker.
And the only thing that kept me from full-on freaking out in the cabin... was having Pokémon Puzzle League in my hands the whole time.
See, I've been grinding that game's 1-player campaign on Very Hard mode, which, as you might expect, is very hard. The whole last 30 minutes of the flight was just me playing against Team Rocket, over and over, and losing every time, but relishing the moments when I was able to hang on a little bit longer or put a little more pressure on them, and also, I had the absolutely certain knowledge that if I looked away for even a few seconds, I would lose immediately. No thoughts, just pure focus on the little blocks on my screen.
So, yeah. New lay anxiety treatment: crank up the difficulty on your favorite reflex-heavy puzzle game to the max and you'll be so stressed by the game you can't be stressed by anything else :D;;;;;
( i got way too into this game over the past week so here's some thoughts )
Well, I had a hell of a test of that earlier this week, when a little puddle-jumper of a flight wound up going through some serious thunderstorms—no beverage service, repeated intercom appeals to ensure all seatbelts are fastened, and the whole plane getting tossed and turned every which way like a damn McSalad Shaker.
And the only thing that kept me from full-on freaking out in the cabin... was having Pokémon Puzzle League in my hands the whole time.
See, I've been grinding that game's 1-player campaign on Very Hard mode, which, as you might expect, is very hard. The whole last 30 minutes of the flight was just me playing against Team Rocket, over and over, and losing every time, but relishing the moments when I was able to hang on a little bit longer or put a little more pressure on them, and also, I had the absolutely certain knowledge that if I looked away for even a few seconds, I would lose immediately. No thoughts, just pure focus on the little blocks on my screen.
So, yeah. New lay anxiety treatment: crank up the difficulty on your favorite reflex-heavy puzzle game to the max and you'll be so stressed by the game you can't be stressed by anything else :D;;;;;
( i got way too into this game over the past week so here's some thoughts )
