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Family Gaming Schedule

Scheduled family gaming time.

As I’m sure you can surmise, we like playing games as our family. We have lots of hobbies, but playing video games is one of them for sure. We came up with a family schedule we use to distribute our time between hobbies and time together. Our Family Schedule Why bother with a family gaming…

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Spooky games aren’t for everyone

Spooky jack-o-lantern giving spooky vibes.

Yesterday was Halloween. Did y’all have fun? I hope you had a fun time with family, whatever that looked like for you. My family ended up just hanging out last night, which we loved. We didn’t end up watching anything spooky, or playing anything particularly spooky, but I’ve been thinking…should people play spooky games? They…

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What is Magic: The Gathering Arena?

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If you’ve seen the card game section of the grocery store, you probably walked by Magic the Gathering cards (MTG). It’s one of those collectible card games like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh where players need physical cards. MTG Arena, the online game, is a great way to try it out without investing a lot of money….

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Are video games a good hobby?

Boy playing video game during his hobby time

I’m not sure about you, but when I think about the category of “hobby”, I often forget about video games. I usually think about activities like reading or baking. However, video games are a hobby. Like most hobbies, the way you interact with them determines whether or not they are healthy. What are hobbies? Generally,…

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As I’m sure you can surmise, we like playing games as our family. We have lots of hobbies, but playing video games is one of them for sure. We came up with a family schedule we use to distribute our time between hobbies and time together. Our Family Schedule Why bother with a family gaming…

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