# What games do you play to help you get stuff done?

**URL:** <https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528>\
**Category:** Video Games\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528 "2018-07-02T19:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![josue](https://forum.geektherapy.org/user_avatar/forum.geektherapy.org/josue/32/7_2.png) [@josue](https://forum.geektherapy.org/u/josue)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528/1 "2018-07-02T19:41:04Z")

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Let me explain. I listen to a lot of audio books and “watch” (mostly listen to) a lot of YouTube but I can’t _just_ do those things so I have certain games I play so I can get through them. This weekend I played a shmup called Sky Force so I could finish a book and a few online courses. I finished two courses and one book, plus I fully upgraded my ship. 😁

I think that playing Pokémon GO to get your daily steps in or grinding on a handheld RPG while getting through the boring part of a Netflix binge count for what I’m asking.

So what games do you play to help you get stuff done?

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**Author:** ![Gianminni](https://forum.geektherapy.org/user_avatar/forum.geektherapy.org/gianminni/32/63_2.png) [@Gianminni](https://forum.geektherapy.org/u/Gianminni)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528/2 "2018-07-02T20:14:43Z")

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I love playing open world games, whenever I feel like reading a book or listening to a podcast I usually do those missions that have no story telling and tend to be just standard fetch quests. That includes Skyrim, Witcher, Assassins creed and more recently Mass Effect A.

Whenever I do hard core studying I do question block until my brain goes numb. Then I close my eyes and listen to a podcast and recover from so much screen time. But usually I get back rather calm and drowsy so I play a fighting game to jump start my sympathetic system, usually injustice 2. Guess what player I play?

hint in the profile pic.

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**Author:** ![Sarah](https://forum.geektherapy.org/user_avatar/forum.geektherapy.org/sarah/32/68_2.png) [@Sarah](https://forum.geektherapy.org/u/Sarah)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528/3 "2018-07-03T17:47:23Z")

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I really like SuperBetter, and last year I bookmarked this page that has lots of others: [ActiTime Productivity Games](https://www.actitime.com/productivity-tools/productivity-games) has a few that are remarkable. Particularly, I’ve never had the time to set up a quest/party, but Habitica is stellar to get me going. It’s rpg-style where you enter your tasks/habits/goals and track for daily/weekly/monthly completion, and you do quests alone or with groups.

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**Author:** ![HVGSML](https://forum.geektherapy.org/user_avatar/forum.geektherapy.org/hvgsml/32/122_2.png) [@HVGSML](https://forum.geektherapy.org/u/HVGSML)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.geektherapy.org/t/what-games-do-you-play-to-help-you-get-stuff-done/528/4 "2018-07-09T19:16:17Z")

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I listen to Audiobooks and Podcasts when I’m in the car on the school run.

I watch Netflix documentaries or Podcasts like Joe Rogan when I’m on the cross trainer at the Gym.