Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, my daughter (21) would like to make friends with people with similar interests via gaming. She is on a 2 year break from university due to severe anxiety, agoraphobia and feels isolated but at the same time finds social interaction exhausting. She is really getting into pc gaming using games from Steam, but also has ps4. I was trying to do a bit of research for her to find best ways. I found something called Discord sites but I couldn't work out how to make sure it's a friendly site. My daughter is pretty savvy about keeping herself safe online so wouldn't be in danger of exploitation. However, she would find it upsetting if someone she felt she'd started to make a connection with turned out to be not very nice. She's stopped playing ps4 games online because of in game behaviour of a few people. She does find it hard to trust people now. She finds it easier to connect with people if there is a shared interest. Does anyone have any suggestions of appropriate ways to connect via gaming?
Thanks
or if she likes turn based strategies, there is many of them these days, you can play on PC or on a mobile, probably tough it takes longer to make friends since you play solo,
I used to play https://om.forgeofempires.com/ it looks like it is still running
Be careful of games like this - they are invented to 'nickel and dime' you at every corner - if your willpower is good you'll never give them any money - but they are designed to part you from yours.
I never pay for gaming, no need, NTs are always behind, except those new reap-offs on mobile where they can buy and revive without limit, those I don't play
I suspect that is how google is making money
Great. That must surely be the next step, getting app users to watch ads without them realising it...
most annoying about them are the ads, even to play sudoku I need to watch at least one, so I writing my own atm
me too, I spent years playing Earth & Beyond, than WoW, than Eve Online, currently suspended because I decided I need to educate myself further, so I'm fixating over acquiring new data:P mobile games are an distraction when on a break at work