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As the summer vanishes and we are plunged into the dark winter months we often find ourselves spending more time indoors. No more days down the beach or sunny picnics at the park. Which means we also find ourselves with a lot more free time. And it is all too easy to find ourselves becoming bored with the same old home activities. Which is why we have compiled this list of 7 great time killing games that are not only fun but super addictive. Each of these titles is guaranteed to help you stave off the winter boredom. With a mix of games ranging from mobile classics that can be played on the go, to console games, to some physical puzzle books!

Cookie Clicker

Cookie Clicker is one of those games that starts off as a social parody that soon escalated into a world wide phenomenon. The game has one of the most simple premises ever. You click a giant cookie. This generates cookies for you. You spend those cookies to buy different buildings to generate more cookies. The cycle repeats. It might sound simple but it is honestly one of the most addictive games out there! Cookie Clicker is an Idle game. Which means that it is designed to be left unplayed for periods of time. The game will still generate cookies while you aren’t playing it. The game started off as a browser title. But it is now available for mobile and on Steam too. We should warn you though this game will make you very hungry for cookies!

Word Wipe

Word Wipe is an engaging word puzzle game that combines a word search with elements of games like Candy Crush. You are tasked with linking letters together in a grid to form words. Doing so will delete those word blocks and provide you with new letter combinations. The aim is to clear the grid as efficiently as possible. Bigger words will net you higher scores. Not only is this a great mental workout but it is highly addictive too. You can play Word Wipe here at Arkadium.com or, for mobile gamers, there are many different versions available on the app store.

Motherload

One of the most popular browser games ever made. Motherload has you digging for different minerals on Mars. The ores you mine can be sold to fund various upgrades for your mining vessel. As you delve deeper into the planet’s crust you will find rarer ores. Alongside a host of new dangers to overcome. Motherload is a masterclass in game design. A simple concept executed flawlessly. We guarantee that once you start playing you won’t be able to stop!

Return Of The Obra Dinn

One of the most interesting games I have ever played. You are an insurance appraiser in 1803 sent to the ship ‘Obra Dinn.’ The vessel has been found abandoned. Bodies litter the boat. And the crew’s fates are unknown. You use a magical pocket watch that allows you to view the final moments of a person’s life. With this you have to unravel the mystery of the Obra Dinn. Finding out the grizzly fates of every crew member. This is a challenging puzzle game that will test your logical reasoning to its absolute limits!

Murdle

Murdle started off as a detective themed variation of Wordle. It became so popular that they released multiple puzzle books for it. Murdle contains 100 murder mystery logic puzzles. Using limited information you have to fill out the suspect grid to determine who committed the murder. The puzzles slowly increase in difficulty as the book progresses. Vampire Survivors No game is quite as addictive as Vampire Survivors. A rogue-like game that sees you face off against increasingly difficult waves of undead enemies. Defeating them grants you xp orbs which will unlock new weapons and power boosts for you. The game is simple in its design. Yet highly complex at the same time.

Tetris

One of the first video games and still one of the most popular. Tetris is the ultimate time killer. You simply need to track blocks of different shapes to create a solid mass. Doing so will clear away those blocks. Tetris is a game that requires fast reaction times paired with good spatial reasoning. It is a simple game to learn. But a difficult one to master!

There is a big misconception that gaming is something that is exclusively reserved for children. It is understandable why people think that is the case. A lot of the games that are frequently released to the market are often advertised towards children and they tend to be the target audience of most gaming companies.

Though children do make up a big number of the people that game frequently, something that you should think about is what happens to these children as they get older? People don’t just reach a certain age and decide not to game anymore, it is a hobby and a passion that people take into adulthood.

If you are someone that is really serious about gaming, it is likely that you will find it hard to let it go. However, life can get very busy as you get older and you may notice that you are playing less than usual and the kind of games that you play change.

However, something that has been noticed recently is that a lot of adults are returning to the games that they loved when they were children and they are eager to play them once more. Bui is it true, are adults returning to games and if so, why are they?

Life is Getting Harder

The last few years have been incredibly difficult for us all. We all somehow survived a global pandemic, the start of WW3 and racial tensions all over the world. The world is pretty hard right now and it looks like it is only going to get harder.

Thanks to the events of the last few years, the world is in an incredibly poor financial position, but the cost of living keeps increasing every day. This means that everyone has to work harder to make cash that does not go as far as it used to, which makes it all feel completely worthless.

On top of the cost of everything going up, companies are regularly letting go of employees to save money and it is incredibly hard to find a job that contracts enough hours for you to be able to survive. With how terrible the world is right now, can you blame people for wanting to go back to a time when they remember being happy and safe?

Games Have no Consquences

In today’s scary climate, it can feel like you can make one wrong move and make a mess of your life. For example, you could accidentally be late for work or even forget a bill and you will be left with a lot of terrible consequences.

When it comes to games, you do not have that pressure. You can die a million times in games, destroy the wrong item or kill an NPC and at the end of the day, you can just load the game from the last place that you left. With how irregular and undependable the world is, everyone is desperate to find something that they can rely on and that seems to be games right now.

It is so terrifying to make a simple mistake in real life and people are just happy to have a place where mistakes don’t matter and they can do whatever they want and it will have no impact at all on their lives.

Sometimes life can be beyond stressful and all that you want to do is scream or express how stressed you are, but you can’t find the place to do it. This is another big reason why so many people are choosing to game once again, as this is a great way to vent all of the anger and frustration they are feeling without it having any consequence on their real lives.

A Lot of Childhood Games Are Making a Comeback

A lot of the gaming community that grew up in the early 2000s are noticing that a lot of the games that they used to play when they were younger are starting to make a comeback. Because of the amazing advancements in technology that we have made, a lot of companies are now able to remaster the games that we all used to enjoy when we were children.

For some of us, we spent countless hours on these games and we have fond memories of playing them. So playing them now that they have been improved seems like an incredibly exciting prospect and a way to head back down memory road.

Games like Minecraft are also making a comeback and they have received a lot of improvements. Instead of just having to play a single-player survival, you can not play on different game modes and serves. If you haven’t been playing for a while, you may be wondering what is a Minecraft server? Well, a Minecraft server is an online place where you can connect to and play with other people online and they are usually run by one person or a group of people. If you haven’t played Minecraft in a while, I recommend that you check it out.

The United Kingdom is very lucky that a lot of our homes come with gardens. At least if you live outside of central London or any other major city center. But there was a disturbing trend happening all over the country only ten years ago. People were forgoing garden care completely. Gardens all over the country were becoming delapedates and ruined. And there are a number of reasons for this.

But luckily times are changing. People have suddenly started to take better care of their gardens in recent years. But what exactly is this happening? And why did people ever stop caring for their gardens?

The Decline of Gardens

There are a number of key reasons why people across the country stopped caring for their garden. It would be very easy to just say people were lazy and didn’t want to bother looking after their gardens. And this is true for some people. But it isn’t the norm.

The most obvious reason is money. The United Kingdom has been in decline for years now thanks to the irresponsibility of the ruling Tory party. Recession after recession with no clear end in sight. And garden maintenance isn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination. Especially with prices consistently on the rise. So a lot of people simply couldn’t afford to look after their gardens anymore.

To tie into this, a lot of people didn’t have the time to look after their gardens. Recessions mean people have to work more for less money. Many brits ended up getting second jobs or working extra hours. This meant that people didn’t have the free time needed to maintain a garden. It is no small feat to keep your garden in a good condition. And if you are already exhausted from working long hours, you won’t want to take part in manual labor such as gardening.

The Rise of Student Homes

Another huge factor in the decline of garden care was the rise of student homes in the UK. The country has slowly become a university country and with it a majority of homes have been converted into student homes. But this means a lot of gardens are going unmaintained as students see no need to maintain a garden for only a year. And landlords are notoriously bad at any kind of home maintenance for their properties.

The Rise Of Garden Care

So why have people suddenly started caring for their gardens again? The biggest reason was COVID. The pandemic saw the majority of the UK in lockdown on and off for two years. So people were suddenly spending a lot of time at home. And for a lot of people their main source of being outside was to hang out in their gardens. This meant people started taking better care of their gardens to make it a more comfortable environment.

They started looking after their plants more. They would keep the gardens cleaner. Trim the branches on trees and look after the hedges. And when more people found out that you can transform your garden with composite fencing, sales of composite fencing skyrocketed. Which was fantastic for the industry, especially in a time where a lot of businesses were failing. Eventually people were allowed to create bubbles with other homes which meant they could have a limited number of guests come round and hang out. Most of the time people would sit in the gardens. Which was another huge motivator for making sure your garden was looking as good as possible.

Another big reason people started taking better care of their gardens was global warming. The sad truth is that the country has been getting hotter every summer. And it is showing no signs of stopping. This meant people were spending more time in their gardens. But also it meant plants needed extra love and attention to simply survive. So people had to dedicate more time and effort to their gardens than ever before just to combat the increasing heat.

People are starting to invest in better garden furniture, particularly umbrellas and gazebos, to provide more shade in their gardens. Especially during the heatwave where it was super important to stay hidden away from the sun.

Since the early 2000s, something that has been a big part of our lives is social media. When social media was first introduced, we used websites such as MSN and Myspace and we all felt as though those social media platforms were going to be around forever. However, those social media platforms couldn’t keep up with the evolving times and they were quickly forgotten. There are now multiple platforms that are used throughout the world and in this article we will get into the features they have and why they have become so popular.

Facebook

Arguably one of the most popular social media platforms out there is Facebook. Facebook has been able to stand the test of time and it has been around for almost two decades now and shows no signs of losing popularity anytime soon. Everyone has Facebook or at least messenger and for a lot of us it has become a big part of our lives. For example, when I hear any major news about the world, it is more often than not that I will first hear about it on Facebook and it has managed to keep me informed.

Snapchat

Snapchat has been around since the early 2010s and it was something that took off really quickly. What made Snapchat stand out above other platforms was the privacy that you got with it. When you send someone a message, unless you save it, it is gone within seconds and so you don’t have to worry about someone snooping on your messages. Snapchat is an app that is usually associated with the younger generation and it is definitely marketed towards the younger generation, this app was the first to really introduce filters and this is something that has been picked up by other apps.

Twitter

Twitter has always been labeled to be the more adult social media platform and it is a place where you have freedom of speech and a lot of politicians even go to this platform to discuss important topics. The best feature of Twitter is just how open it is and how easy it is to connect with new people. One of my favorite features that I have discovered with Twitter is that if you look at hashtags of current events, you can see how the world reacts to it in real time.

Instagram

Instagram is an extremely popular social media platform and it is a platform that is often used by businesses. There are a lot of features that have made Instagram the perfect social media platform for businesses to promote their work. For example, you have the ability to look at the analytics of your posts and you can see exactly how well the post is doing and this will allow you to figure out just how successful your marketing strategy is. Instagram is also aligned with the creation of the influencer and this has a lot to do with why it is so popular.

Reddit

Now, there is a lot of debate over whether or not reddit is in fact a social media platform, but I would definitely argue that it is. This is the place where there tends to be far fewer rules than any other social media platform and it is where people go when they want to find a particular video or if they want to find a shocking post. Something that is a cool feature of reddit is the upvote and you can gain rewards that can be spent. If you want more upvotes, you can buy them at this reddit upvote shop and it will allow you to gain popularity.

TikTok

TikTok is the newest social media platform in the game and it is best known for its short videos that make the application really attractive. People come to this platform to post short videos and eye-catching content and it is also known for the live feature. This live feature allows people to go live and speak to all of their followers. When they are alive, their followers also have the opportunity to donate gifts to them that they can exchange for some sort of money. You have the potential to create a good career on this platform.

Tumblr

This is a social media platform that has been around for a long time and unfortunately it doesn’t seem as though this platform is going to be around for much longer. Tumblr has always had a very dedicated fanbase and it is a platform that most people use anonymously. What people loved so much about this platform is that you can post just about anything and there are no strict rules that you have to follow. The community is also just very supportive and they want each other to succeed, which is not something that you see often.

We are living in the technical era. Everything we do is dictated by technology and we cannot do something as simple as getting in touch with our loved ones without depending on technology to help us along the way.

Every year, we experience brand new advancements in the world of technology that leave us all shocked. What we are now able to do with technology is amazing and if you look back just twenty years ago, nobody could have ever imagined that technology would have reached the point that it has.

When we look at the future, it doesn’t seem too ridiculous that we would have technology such as hovercrafts, as what we are capable of now shows that it will one day be possible. It is also predicted that technology will one day be able to take the place of humans in difficult jobs and it is already happening today. If you look at factories, jobs that were once completed by humans are now being done by devices that can get the job done.

Though this may be very convenient, some people are worried that they will one day lose their job in place of technology. If you are choosing your career path, you may want to go with something that you know will not be able to be replaced by technology. Here are 5 jobs that cannot be taken over by technology.

Lawyer

A well-paid job that will never be able to be taken over by technology is the role of a lawyer. As a lawyer, something that you have to be able to do is look at information and deduce the answers from said information. Robots will never be able to have the analytic and moral skills to be able to do this and this is why a career as a lawyer is secure.

Roofer

Manual labor jobs such as roofing is something that will never be able to be replaced by technology but can be assisted by technology to make it easier. Thanks to technology, you can now get roof repair at affordable prices as it does not take too long for roofers to complete the work. Robots do not have the comprehension skills to figure out if there are any changes that need making to fit the shape of certain roofs and other important factors.

Social Worker

As a social worker, it is your responsibility to be emotionally available and empathetic towards the children and families that you work with. Empathy is something that robots and technology will never be capable of and this is why humans will always have this job role. Social workers need to be able to communicate with children and make them feel comfortable and a child isn’t exactly going to feel inclined to share their emotions with an emotionless robot. When it comes to robots, for the safety of humans it is important that we never teach them emotions and so they will never be able to be social workers.

Writer

Now, there is some technology out there that is able to process situations and then create pieces of writing to reflect this. The problem is that the text that is produced is often full of errors and does not exactly make sense. The issue with robots is that they have no imagination and so they are not capable of producing the same kind of work as most writers. Most writers create from their heart and they put their imagination to paper, which is something that robots are not capable of doing.

Human Resources

Within every company, it is very important that there is a human resources worker that can ensure that all workers are feeling comfortable and secure in their role. Human resources can not exactly be managed by a robot, as you need to be able to have an understanding of the emotions of the workers and you have to be able to empathize with them, which is something that robots are simply not capable of. Humans would also find it odd for them to be managed by robots, as it does not make a lot of sense for the things that we created to have control over us.