OK without going into too much detail I found out yesterday that I am suffering from a condition that will slowly eat my brain into a jelly soup consisting of three parts George W. Bush and two parts Darwin Award Nominee.

With this in mind (eww, pun) the doctors have suggested I keep my brain flowing as much as possible in a way I enjoy.

Hence why I ask: Do you know any games that will stave off my eventual vegetation? Basically games that make you think, and my current digest of RTS's are just not cutting it (nor is my chess habit).

Suggestions?

That's heavy stuff, man...

I guess I would suggest a construction game, such as Garry's mod, or LittleBigPlanet. Something along those lines. Creation and building stimulate the mind like nothing else.

meatloaf231:
That's heavy stuff, man...

I guess I would suggest a construction game, such as Garry's mod, or LittleBigPlanet. Something along those lines. Creation and building stimulate the mind like nothing else.

I have GMOD and I end up being too creative for public servers (they don't like 50-piece wiremod contraptions). Good idea though. As for LBP, can't afford a PS3.

Civ 4 on the hardest difficulty (deity?). Save often :D

Get some kind of sim game and just make stuff. Lots and lots of stuff.

Make creatures in Spore, Houses in The Sims, etc. etc. etc.

I'd say don't just play a game but get into modding as a hobby to exercise your brain. Learning something new can be a good way.
That or save up money and buy a PS3 for LBP cause the game not only looks entertaining but like previous poster said "Creation and building stimulate the mind like nothing else."

Zallest:
I'd say don't just play a game but get into modding as a hobby to exercise your brain. Learning something new can be a good way.
That or save up money and buy a PS3 for LBP cause the game not only looks entertaining but like previous poster said "Creation and building stimulate the mind like nothing else."

Absolutely. Modding can be whole buckets of awesome once you get past the initial I Don't Know How To Code barrier.

Y'know modding sounds like a good idea. I havn't done any mods since I was deep into the EGOSOFT community (X: Beyond the Frontier through to X3). As for other forms of creation I already do a fair bit of video work, much of which I can't say I have done due to NDA >_>

Thanks!

Any other suggestions?

Try and find games like "Deus Ex 1"/"fallout" and try and get as far as you can using pacifism only! (you can get SO much XP in warhammer online for quests that involve just speaking to dooshbag x!)

CasualZombie:
Try and find games like "Deus Ex 1"/"fallout" and try and get as far as you can using pacifism only! (you can get SO much XP in warhammer online for quests that involve just speaking to dooshbag x!)

There is a questgiver... called dooshbag!? O_o

Also I suppose I could boot up my older games. I have a fully working Commodore64, NES, SNES, Atari 2600, BBC Micro, Genesis, a bunch of Turbo consoles (JOHNNY TURBO, F* YEA!) and a couple of machines from a couple generations ago.

Alot of those older games really taxed the mind. Perhaps I should try and beat Contra. Without the code.

No Ps3? You're fucked as far as I can suggest.

Although one wonders if you can use said illness as a method to guilt the people around you into getting one....

All joking aside, theres a couple. You might want to stay the hell away from most FPS's (although the Metroid Prime series might be intellectually stimulating enough), as thats likely to actually help said brain rotting. That and anything which can have the word grind attributed to it.

If I may, you might want to go a bit old school. Try stuff like KOTOR, Ico, Shadow of the Collosus, Metal Gear Solid 1 and 3 (and 2 if you want to try to wrap your head around it), the Hitman series...ok, any stealth games (except for Splinter Cell), the Disgaea series (think of it as a fusion of chess, a regular JRPG, LSD, and a strategy game) and maybe plunder the Wiis Virtual Console.

Indigo_Dingo:
No Ps3? You're fucked as far as I can suggest.

Although one wonders if you can use said illness as a method to guilt the people around you into getting one....

I have always loved your humour. I needed that smile, thankyou!

Indigo_Dingo:

If I may, you might want to go a bit old school. Try stuff like KOTOR, Ico, Shadow of the Collosus, Metal Gear Solid 1 and 3 (and 2 if you want to try to wrap your head around it), the Hitman series...ok, any stealth games (except for Splinter Cell), the Disgaea series (think of it as a fusion of chess, a regular JRPG, LSD, and a strategy game) and maybe plunder the Wiis Virtual Console.

Completed Kotor 1 and 2, Ico, Shadow of the Collossus, and MGS 1 through 3 (yea I didn't get MGS2 really either, but it made more sence than people give credit for), hell i've played some of the first Metal Gear games.

I have the first metroid here but never played it. Should boot that up. as for Disgaea I lent that to a friend before I had chance to give it a good go so I will get that back from her.

I will also plunder her Wii's virtual console, but I am quite the collector so everything worth having on there I probably have on cartridge.

I really should have given more information about what I actually had I think, sorry about that. Then again to list them would take me a couple weeks.... Ooohh that gives me something to do!

Not a video game, but have you tried poker?

It's a relentless (but enjoyable) mental workout every time you sit at the table.

If it has to be a game, I suggest a regular diet of point & click adventures.

harhol:
Not a video game, but have you tried poker?

It's a relentless (but enjoyable) mental workout every time you sit at the table.

If it has to be a game, I suggest a regular diet of point & click adventures.

Where the hell is he gonna find those?

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The same place you'd find other games. They are still being made, you know.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/
http://www.theadventurecompanygames.com/index.php

are you serious

I shall direct you to the beauty of adventure games... Ah, the good old Monkey Island series for one! Then we have Death Gate, a classic if you ask me. Maybe even a light hearted one .. like.. uhm.. Peasant's Quest? :p

Also, it might sound a bit silly, but those free online flash games? The word games are usually pretty good!

hem dazon 90:
are you serious

I believe he is. Here at the Escapist, we have all sorts of people with weird diseases. We should start putting it in the banner ads.

''join the escapist or samaritin gets it'' lol

Bling Cat:

hem dazon 90:
are you serious

I believe he is. Here at the Escapist, we have all sorts of people with weird diseases. We should start putting it in the banner ads.

Escapist: More diseases than Pandemic 2!

I would suggest portal.

Try the making quests for Oblivion in the Construction Kit. That's thought intensive.

when you vegetate are they gonna pull the plug no offence but i wanna know

Stuff like professor layton and mystery novel style games maybe?
You could do what david schwimmer's character from big nothing did. memorise loads of arbitrary facts and relate them as often as possible.
I don't think video games are the ideal method to try and stop your brain turning into a slush puppy.

harhol:
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The same place you'd find other games. They are still being made, you know.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/
http://www.theadventurecompanygames.com/index.php

I was being facetious, making fun of all the people who say that Adventure games and point and click games are dieing

Amnestic:

Bling Cat:

hem dazon 90:
are you serious

I believe he is. Here at the Escapist, we have all sorts of people with weird diseases. We should start putting it in the banner ads.

Escapist: More diseases than Pandemic 2!

I honestly think addictive gamer should be a actual medical disease and should be in medical books for Doctors a Psychiatrist.

Now all me need is a kick ass name! Addictus Gameritus! then we can get into sub diseases or different types of it.
Addictus Gameritus Fpses for FPS
Addictus Gameritus Morpugris for MMO

Maybe Phoenix Wright if you have a DS...? It's like a law sim and puzzle game. You solve cases by thinking through evidence, testimony, and presenting them in a timely fashion.

It requires a good amount of thinking and logic...but on the other hand it does force you through repetition and figuring out where to go next can be frustrating if you forget about something important.

Bah! I'm not good at giving advice. :( It's worth a try, though.

Not a video game. Sudoku, picross, corss-word puzzles fo at least 2-3 hours a day should help. After that, what those above me have suggested works so far...

Wow man, seeing as it sounds inevitable, I hope it takes a long time. A very long time.

Russian Redneck:
Maybe Phoenix Wright if you have a DS...?

Obvious Phoenix Wright fan is obvious

As often as people joke about things like this. It really does suck when a fellow game player get some kinda of disease or sickness. God speed, brain sickness guy!

Indigo_Dingo:

harhol:
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The same place you'd find other games. They are still being made, you know.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/
http://www.theadventurecompanygames.com/index.php

I was being facetious, making fun of all the people who say that Adventure games and point and click games are dieing

Ah, I see.

*slaps self in face*

H.R.Shovenstuff:
I would suggest portal.

My record is 31 minutes 12 seconds. yours?

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll go hunting. Also of course im serious, this is The Escapist, not some 4chan board >_>

Disgaea. Okay, you'll put taproots down from your ass, but at least your brain will be alive.

Also not a "game" - but

Start a Rubiks Cube obsession!

So I know you don't want to go into detail, but Theo I don't wanna lose you! What's the name of your condition because I want to look it up on WebMD and Wikipedia. From what it sounds like, you have what the guy in "crank" has only instead of going out and kicking everyone's ass, you've gotta do crosswords.

I have been getting in Chess recently, of all things. Doesn't get more retro than that, hu? I play over facebook with my friends. Good time, great mental workout.

They have already been suggested, but I will give a 2nd at Deus Ex 1 and the Hitman series.

Holy Fuck on a Duck are you serious? Your looking at us for life saving advice. This place is ok and all but I doubt theres a high population of doctors here. If it's for real go on a spree of mindless fun. Go do anything that pops in your head. Like go sky diving. Take a shit in a golden toilet or somthing people normaly wouldn't do. If I new I didn't have much time left I wouldn't play damn games. It's fun and all but... come on!! Even if you don't got the money get a credit card and go insane, metaphoricaly speaking. Hell when your dead det don't matter.