Newsletter 125

There are actually two types of stress that you should know: eustress (positive stress) and distress (negative stress).

Logic games like Queens Ultimate and Hitori provide positive stress—stress that motivates, focuses your energy and generally improves your overall mental performance. Eustress is good.

There’s actually a study about all that, though we’ll sum it up for you:

Games that challenge the brain’s cognitive abilities without crushing pressure will strengthen it.

5 brainy game insights you’ll love!

(Games, links, and resources we've bookmarked for you.)

Before web games and mobile apps became so prevalent, people with Windows machines had to de-stress with whatever games they had on hand. Most ended up playing FreeCell…

… while others fiddled with Minesweeper. Yeah, we know you also played it when you were a kid, even if you didn’t understand what the numbers meant.

If it’s logic game brain training you need, then we think Lumosity is the app you’d want to see.

This week’s web game pick is: Planet Merge! It’s very simple and definitely very flawed, but it’s a great game to play if you just want to turn your head off for a minute.

For last week’s trivia, the answer is… Rappahanock Academy, VA. Congrats to many who got it right!

10,000 Confederate troops met up and had a very tactical and violent snowball fight, with some reports stating the hospitalization of several soldiers. 

This week’s trivia question will be:

Winter’s on its last legs, and spring's right around the corner. If you want to watch some videos to kill some time while huddling for warmth, subscribe to our YouTube channel today!

That’s all for this week. See you next Friday!

The Hey, Good Game Team