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Maintaining Your Mental and Physical Health While Gaming

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It doesn’t matter if you’re a full-blown developer or simply a passionately devoted fan, there’s more to healthy gaming than staying safe and having fun.

Here are a few simple recommendations to help you maintain both your mental and physical health as you invest in your gaming career.

Remember the Basics

It’s important to start with the basics. Ask yourself if you’ve taken the time to address three of the most instinctive requirements on Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs:

  • Exercise: Are you consistently exercising? Exercise is an excellent way to both preserve physical health and beat the stress that may have built up after that last round of Fortnite ended in utter failure.
  • Sleep: It’s so easy to let the small hours of the night slip by when you’re engrossed in a good game. However, getting poor quality sleep can be detrimental to your health. Try to create a sleeping schedule so that you can make sure you’re getting enough rest.
  • Food: Junk food is a gamer’s best friend. Not. Snacking on junk all night long is the best way to trash your body and exhaust your mind. Make sure to seriously consider what you’re feeding your body each day.

Simply tending to these three basic needs is half of the battle for maintaining your health.

Stretch Often

It’s easy to sit for hours at a time when you’re playing a game. If you don’t do something to shake things up, it can wreak havoc on your back. 

That said, look for ways to move from time to time. Get up and stretch. Do yoga at your desk. Look up a good deskercise routine. Try a 7-minute workout. Whatever it takes, find something to keep you moving throughout the day.

Protect Your Eyes

Gaming naturally involves a lot of screens. From phones and tablets to that 110-inch Ultra HDTV you’ve got spanning the entire length of your living room, if you like to game, you likely spend a lot of time in front of screens. 

One of the easiest ways to counter the effect of so much screen time is to purchase a set of blue light glasses. Most manufacturers have an option to include a blue light filter with your prescription, too. Filtering out the blue light makes a huge difference in how tired your eyes get over time. If you wear contacts, take them out during marathon gaming sessions — wearing them too long is almost like wearing them overnight, which is not a good idea. Leave them in too long, and they could get a bit sticky.

Unplug Once in a While

Finally, you may not love the idea at first, but it really is wise to fully unplug from your electronics once in a while. This isn’t just referencing powering down the game console or shutting down your computer, either. Try to avoid everything from push notifications to social media.

Ditching the electronics for a good book or, even better, time spent with other people is a great way to combat loneliness, isolation, and depression.

Staying Healthy While Gaming

Gaming is fun, but it can also be destructive to your mind and body if you’re not careful. Fortunately, there are plenty of simple ways to care for yourself while you’re competing, building, and generally playing. 

From caring for your basic needs to regularly stretching, protecting your eyes, and occasionally unplugging, don’t be afraid to make an effort to preserve your health while you’re having fun. You’ll appreciate it in the long run.

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Resident Evil Death Island Reunites Favorite Characters

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The latest trailer for Sony Pictures Entertainment’s CGI film Resident Evil: Death Island, released July 25, features the outlandish action and melodrama that made the franchise a cult sensation.

This Resident Evil Avengers-esque team-up features Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, and Rebecca Chambers.

The T-Virus and killer whales take the gang to Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, where a new nightmare awaits. In magnificent slow motion and with progressively heavier ordinance, the Dream Team will supposedly destroy zombies, Lickers, mutant orcas, and anything else foolish or nasty enough to stand in their path.

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Attention! Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine for PS5, PS4 Launches June 22nd

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In a horrific new video, Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine is coming to PS4 and PS4 on June 22. Expect agony and tight gameplay from independent wizards Team Meat, well known for their pioneering, tough-as-ham platformer Super Meat Boy.

This “mean meat machine” reimagines your grandpa’s old black-and-white puzzle games for a younger, hipper, more bloodthirsty audience. We’re delighted the wait won’t be long for this one.

Super Meat Boy fan? Team Meat?

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Blizzard is developing two Diablo 4 expansions

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Diablo 4’s post-launch support will keep you playing for years, according to Blizzard. General manager Rod Fergusson confirmed two expansions and free content updates.

“As I sit here, we’re about to launch the main game; we’re finishing up season one; we’re working on season two; we’re working on expansion one; we’re kicking off expansion two,” he told PC Gamer on the Kinda Funny Xcast. These two DLCs may release sooner than expected. Fergusson says the live service model lets Blizzard release content faster than Diablo III.

With tens of hours of content in the base game, Diablo 4 is massive. This could be Destiny 2 or Genshin Impact, with seasons and DLC. That thought excites or frightens you. Leave a comment and check out our Diablo 4 guide for help with the PS5 and PS4 games.

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