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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2025 · 46 MIN

Games for Fun and Brain Exercise

from Old Mac Gang · host Marty Jencius

The Old Mac Gang share some of their favorite games and brain exercisesApple Watch blood-oxygen feature returns in iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1https://www.macworld.com/article/2878472/the-apple-watch-blood-oxygen-sensor-is-coming-back-to-series-9-10-and-ultra-2-users.html Aging Well9 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.orgJRMF Puzzles - https://jrmf.org/puzzle/?filter=all Tetris - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tetris/id1491074310Bejeweled - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bejeweled-classic/id479536744Prime 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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