I am fortunate to be a part of the generation that grew up
playing traditional games. We became a part of the transition from the old ways of playing, to the current norm of the more advanced mobile and online games. My husband and I would
always tell our six-year-old daughter how kids now are so fortunate to have
access to different forms of entertainment – Netflix, YouTube, and mobile and
online games that sprout like mushrooms every single day. I remember growing up
in the 90s to a middle class family. I grew up without a lot of toys. Incidentally, it was the time when blackouts became a
part of our daily lives, and the time when crime rates in Manila
were so high. I would sometimes spend hours playing card games with my parents using a candle as our source of light because we had nothing else to do. My mom taught me
how to play the solitaire at a very young age. It soon became my only way to
help fall asleep along with answering the crossword puzzle
from the newspaper! Hihi.
So imagine how excited I was when I learned of solitaire.org
– a website that houses online games that I grew up playing!
I’ve always been an introvert, and I think I became more
introverted because I spent a lot of days playing solitaire at home by myself. Our
house would turn so quiet that I would blast the volume of our radio to listen
to sad love songs while playing cards. Good thing that this online solitaire has sounds at every
move! Try it! Hihi!
The site is not only limited to solitaire and other card games. They have matching games like the Candy Fiesta. I initially tried this
because of this cute moving cat which reminded me so much of those waving cat figurines we see on
the cash register in a lot of local stores here in the Philippines! :p
We all know that these kinds of matching games can get so
addicting, so don’t say I didn’t warn you!
The hidden object games like the Hidden Kitchen brought back so many memories! I
remember that during my first few years in the corporate world, my then
officemate turned very good friend, Jeff, introduced me to these kinds of
games. I have no idea where he downloaded those games, but I spent hours at
night playing such games every time I was on a break from watching Korean dramas! I would only stop and sleep when I feel my eyes strain. =))
I don’t know if it’s because I love to read, but word games
have always been my favorite. I initially thought that playing Letter Scramble
would just be a piece of cake. It was easy at the beginning as I create words
from falling letters, but things got a little more challenging when more piled up, making it harder to see all the letters. It was fun, though!
I remember my Mama used to buy those books filled with
crossword and word search puzzles. I guessed that helped me a lot in building
my vocabulary. Below is a 12x12 Word Search puzzle I played from solitaire.org.
It was overwhelming at the beginning with all the letters flashed at the
screen, but I definitely enjoyed it! My husband even joined me in hunting for words!
I play games for stress relief, but there are times when I feel
like a lot of the newer games make me more stressed! Haha. The graphics may be
cool and advanced, but they make me dizzy at times. I find it comforting that
my Tita heart can still go back to the games I grew up playing.
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