playing games

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Later life enrichment, starting around age 80, focused on activities such as reading, writing, and playing games, along with income from Social Security, retirement, and other sources.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Similarly, if you’d like to focus the day on playing games and experiencing human-powered carnival rides, I’d recommend doing that first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Instead, it recommends "screen swaps" - where devices are replaced with shared reading sessions or families playing games together.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

His 24-year-old son, Benjamin Kanter, remembers attending getaways as a child, playing games at the dining table while adults talked business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Id stay here, happy forever, playing games forever, and soon I’d forget my mom, and my quest, and maybe even my own name.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan