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Aug 21, 2025 46 min

Games for Fun and Brain Exercise

from Old Mac Gang Hosted by Marty Jencius

The Old Mac Gang share some of their favorite games and brain exercises Apple Watch blood-oxygen feature returns in iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 https://www.macworld.com/article/2878472/the-apple-watch-blood-oxygen-sensor-is-coming-back-to-series-9-10-and-ultra-2-users.html Aging Well 9 Things You Should Do for Your Brain Health Every Day, According to Neurologists https://time.com/7081407/brain-health-neurologist-tips/ Can a daily crossword puzzle slow cognitive decline? (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/11/10/crossword-memory-loss-brain-games/ Challenging brain in older age may reduce dementia risk, study finds (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/14/challenging-brain-older-age-may-reduce-dementia-risk-study Super Agers (book) https://www.google.com/books/edition/Super_Agers/DNYnEQAAQBAJ The Longevity Plan (book) https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-longevity-plan-seven-life-transforming-lessons-from-ancient-china-matthew-laplante/6433998 Resources Center for Brain Health https://centerforbrainhealth.org/ BrainHQ (training) https://www.brainhq.com Homo ludens (“playing man”) https://www.perplexity.ai/search/b5942106-e161-44f0-a03a-a46cc8e01b02 Other “Puzzles pair well with reading the news”: Why news outlets are getting into games (again) https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/08/puzzles-pair-well-with-reading-the-news-why-news-outlets-are-getting-into-games-again/ How publishers use gamification and puzzles in newspapers to drive engagement https://www.twipemobile.com/how-publishers-use-gamification-and-puzzles-in-newspapers-to-drive-engagement/ Nikoli - https://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/ Math Pickle - https://mathpickle.com/organized-by-grade/ SpanishDictionary.com FrenchDictionary.com OpenRussian.org JRMF Puzzles - https://jrmf.org/puzzle/?filter=all Tetris - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tetris/id1491074310 Bejeweled - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bejeweled-classic/id479536744 Prime Smash - https://panasonic-prime-smash.appstor.io/ Brilliant - https://brilliant.org/courses/ Email us at [email protected] Website: https://www.thepodtalk.net

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