Stimulating My Brain With Online Games

Recently, I have been trying new things to fill my time with online games.  As you all know, I am a retired civil servant and a relaxing grandma as well.  I have lots of time in my hands if my grandkids are not with me and I need some stimulation to fill up my brain so as not to be redundant and thinking of nonsense.  Retirement does not mean just sitting down and watch the world go by.  This is the time to fill up our time doing what we love to do but did not have the time to do them when we were busy with our family and kids.  And having said that, I have lots of stuff to fill my time with each day.  Going out shopping, catching up with my old buddies, spending my time exercising our mouths and limbs is a chore to do daily.  LOL... 

Apart from that, when I am in the house, I filled up my time with house chores.  They are never ending, redecorating the house, cleaning up, making the house spick and span... that is pretty boring, right?  But the satisfaction having a clean house is simply worth the time and effort spent.  After that, it is Me Time, sitting either in front of the sofa or having my eyes glued on the computer for some brain stimulation moments.

Armed with a ton of time, I decided to scour the realms of the internet for some interesting things to read or watch. During this adventure, I found a game that I wanted to try for quite a while. I’m not sure if everyone has this same experience, but there is an advertisement on YouTube that shows a game where a player pulls some pins to guide a hero’s escape from a tower. This advertisement shows the player making a ton of bad decisions that cause him to fail. It is just so frustrating to watch. Well, I think the advertisement worked because I clicked on it to download the game and try to beat it. The puzzles in the advertisement didn’t seem too hard.

As I continue to play online games, I came across this website which offers culinary food games.  Hey, this is what I love to play!  No more adventures, chasing the bad guys down the tunnels, dungeons and so forth.  I want to make a change in my daily games and I resort to one of the many games here instead.  The first one I downloaded is the Ice Cream Bar, yes, ice cream is my favorite dessert and I am going to start on that!  

In this game, I am the one serving to others instead being served as in real life.  LOL... I love that!  This game is quite simple, I have ample time to prepare the ice cream according to what the customers need.  Just follow the thought bubble from the customers to see what they want and I just have to do it accordingly.  Most of them want the same flavor in the beginning, I managed to pass a few levels before going to the more complicated ice cream and toppings.  That is really fun!  In this game, I could make a good server anytime! 

After some time playing this game, I decided to explore more links for more challenging ones. There are a ton more games available here. A variety of casual games of different genre; puzzle, simulations, action, adventure, etc. It genuinely felt like the miniclip of old, a website with a ton of casual games that I enjoy spending time playing.

So next, I tried this game called Burger Shop. In this game, you are the waiter, starting by grabbing a tray for each customer and then building their burger from bottom up. Basically it is almost the same as the Ice Cream game but this needs a quicker skill.  LOL... 

The guide line is to do it by the customer's thought bubble to see what they want for their burger.  The next step is to grab a bun and prepare the burger accordingly.  One needs to be swift and fast otherwise the customers will leave the shop with grim faces on them.  LOL... That is really funny cos I really did not make a good serving waitress in the very beginning.  I lost a pretty share of customers and I guess I would get the sack if in real life.  I couldn't grasp the game initially and as I kept on trying, I managed to make each customer happy and satisfied and I was led to the second level.  Yay!!  As the days go by in the game, the transaction goal and the number of customers increase, making the game feel like a mouse clicking simulator as it progresses.

Well, this adventure has been quite fun. Finding this website was not really what I expected, but I am glad that I get to vent my frustrations by playing the pin pulling game.