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Ask HN: Games that made you better at your work?

11 points by juliend2 ↗ HN
I recently found that playing a certain type of game can increase my productivity at work (web dev). I wonder if people here experienced similar phenomena. I remember a blog post of one of Heroku's founders who used to play a certain game and told that it helped him take better strategic decisions. But I can't seem to find the article.

Thoughts?

11 comments

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fsnowdin
For the love of God if you're trying to play games to get better at work then just go damn work. You should play games to have fun, man.
kleer001
Really? What game is that helps you be a better web dev?
d--b
Anything that’s not work increases productivity at work. Productivity decreases during the day, during the week and in-between holidays.

I work 4.5hrs/day and woof I am so much more productive, I probably do more than when I worked 9hrs...

snickersnee11
I think games that involve physical activity can benefit you hugely.
[dead] tubularhells
Why should games make me better at my work? Why does everything have to add to my productivity?

This is so American...

slipwalker 

  [irony]
  any sick mind game... :>
  [/irony]