Thursday, October 05, 2017

ESCAPE to an ESCAPE

With the a stressful season approaching its end and you realising you spent hundred of dollars on presents, you’re broke, stressed, and need a release. How would you go about destressing and escaping life without spending more on a getaway or a destressing shopping spree? Easy. Stay at home, away from the cold, and play some games! Not games with the family (because sometimes you want to get away from them too), but I am talking about video games. They’re at most $60 and they last a lot longer than the memories of sunny beaches! The idea of losing yourself in a virtual world would be the best way to get away from everyone and stay in your own safe bubble. Focusing on just PC, Xbox, and Playstation platforms, here are just a couple of categories and games in that category that you should try out just to see which can relax you.
First Person Shooters – Battlefield
The most obvious stress relief in the field of gaming is the first-person shooter; it’s a way to get rid of those trigger-happy thoughts without doing anything violent or incriminating in real life. The Battlefield series are great games where you can not only shoot other people on foot, but you’re able to shoot from above in a jet or an attack helicopter and blast from tanks. There’s even an armoured train! The game is simple – take over an enemy objective. You barely need to stress your brain!
Life of Crime – Saints Row
Another shoot to thrill category is where you indulge yourself in the life of crime. In the Saints Row series, you’re the leader of a gang and you basically terrorize the city with your antics. Though the first two games (Saints Row and Saint Row 2) weren’t up there in terms of graphics, Saints Row the Third added more to the player customization. The game series is in no way a serious affair, with it’s over the top humour and NSFW content, which can help you break through that serious façade you’ve had to hold in the conference room.
Open World Fantasy – Skyrim
If the aspects of your daily and modern life are just too much to handle, escape with dragons, swords, and magic. These types of games let you relive that Lord of the Rings life that you’ve so been dreaming of (without having to get up and move). The fourth installment in Bethesda’s Elder Scroll series, Skyrim is an oldie, but a goodie. The game is in its own very developed world, which will take you away from your own not so developed life. You have the freedom to be a swordsman, a mage, a thief, or all of the above. You can join guilds, make friends with NPCs, and even care for children! It’s exactly like the real world except you don’t have real responsibilities and you can wield magic.
Horror – Amnesia
As if watching scary movies weren’t enough for your heart, take it a step further by putting yourself inside one. Not only would these games scare the stress out of you, you’ll have more reasons to not sleep! Amnesia is a perfect game when you are still trying to figure yourself out because the player’s main struggle is to figure out who they are by finding evidence inside a house. The catch is that there’s a monster in the house trying to kill you and you have to hide from it. It’s a hide-and-seek game that will ask the developers why the game wasn’t a first-person shooter.


Whether you prefer the mouse and keyboard method or the feel of the controller, gaming will find a way to make sure that the stress that you have been feeling these past months gets released in a nice and legal manner. Just be sure to get up (and shower) once in a while, and interact with people this holiday season!

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