I am not very interested in video games. I loved Myst and Riven when they came out. But, when the original coders sold the company and the new people didn’t write the same way, it wasn’t as much fun. I do have a couple of games on Steam that I mess with every once in awhile, Not consistently and I’m not making any particular progress.

I do like puzzles though. I play several NYT games most days. (I no longer subscribe. I play the free versions.) I do Wordle, Connections, Strands and the Mini Crossword. And I do Sudoku. I don’t care to think hard enough to do a level harder than Easy.

I play Duotrigordle. It’s a 32-at-the-time variant on Wordle and it’s teaching me patience. When I try to push for one block, I use up too many of my letters and I can’t finish it. If I just skip to the next ones and patiently cycle through, I usually do. The more letter guesses I have left over at the end, the more I feel I have “won.” Today was a -1 day.

Years ago, (20 maybe?) I tried out Pretty Good Solitaire and, after a bit, decided I was enjoying it and should pay the developers. I have put it on every computer and tablet I’ve had since then. When I bought it, it was a collection of 500 solitaire games. Now, it’s up to 800 and I play one. Well. I’ve narrowed it down to one. I did try a bunch before picking a favorite. It’s Free Fan if you decide to take a peek.

I play Dragon Legends Mania on my iPad and phone. It’s a kind of Pokemon variation. You breed, feed, fight and collect cartoon dragons and play little minigames in the larger game. They have little attempts at stories that I ignore. It’s very lightweight and requires absolutely no thought. It is ad heavy and there doesn’t seem to be a way to pay your way out of that. But, I am very good at ignoring ads and figure they are the price of admission.