MD Video games?
Started by Dr. Gamer
lol I don't plan on going to lecture so that should save some time..
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I played a lot of video games during preclinical and some during clinical but definitely a lot less
You can game through out your career. The one show stopper is probably having kids though if you don't marry a stay at home mom who will take care of things while you game.
I Used to play a TON of video games in high school and college. Now all I play are phone games (boom beach, clash royale, etc). They're pretty med student friendly since you can play them anywhere and they don't usually require you to sit down and play for extended periods of time. Some say "that's not real gaming" but oh well 🙂
It depends. I play 2-3 hours/day on weekdays and 6+ hours on weekends and still did well in my classes. One of my friends play the same amount as me and doesn't do as well in classes. It all comes down to how well you utilize your study time. If you need more time to study, then stop playing that much.
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I played a lot during M1-2. Not as much as college and not daily, but a good amount. Started playing less during board prep, minimally during M3 (sometimes none like surgery months), and rarely during M4 until Match Day. Post-graduation I'm back to gaming and reading as much as I want before intern year starts. Enjoy it while you can!
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I'm done in like 5 days. I'm going home when classes finish to play Call of Duty 12 hr/day for a week straight.
I am excited about the the new one...I really didn't like infinite warfare.
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Is it a complex if it's right?
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I mean, gaming on PC is always right.
Still gaming during intern year, just not as much due to time constraints.
Yeah intern year doesn't allow me to keep playing the MMO's I enjoy. I'm looking for a game that's a lot less labor intensive or grindy that I can play 1-3 hours a week.
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That game's average time to finish is about 100 hours. That's crazy you finished it in 5 days. I am about 30 hours in right now and have just reached novigrad
I played the telltale batman on an afternoon after a test. It was either that or see my friends. No regrets
I played episode 1 and then forgot about it lol
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I manage a solid 5-6 hours of Overwatch a week hahahaha
I find Forza Horizon 3 plus the Pandora app to be an excellent use of 30 mins to an hour.
Diablo 3 fills that void
The time I spent playing that game during our breaks from med school for the holidays is unfathomable! Amazing game.
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There's a moderately active subreddit for gamer docs /r/doctorsthatgame.
Plenty of medical students on there too.
Plenty of medical students on there too.
Thanks for pointing it out!
My friend watches LoL on Twitch to relax, but I don't think he plays much. I've never played any RTS or MMORPGs. Just classic arcade, racing and FPS.
Just spent about 9 hours yesterday playing old school EverQuest. I don't have much time to game regularly anymore in residency, but as I enjoy it quite a bit I still occasionally have binges on "time-intensive" games. Most of the time, though, I play in brief spurts on things that don't require consistent playtime to get through. For that role I just starting working through Pokemon Red for the nostalgia.
Completely agree with @fahimaz7 though... your motivation and desire to game falls as your ability to do other things increases.
Completely agree with @fahimaz7 though... your motivation and desire to game falls as your ability to do other things increases.
I used to quite a bit M1-4. Precipitously trailed off intern year. Now I hardly ever play and couldn't even get interested to keep going. Tried playing COD Black Ops 2 over a vacation week. Meh. Last 30 minutes tops. Maybe once residency is over I'll get back into it, but not holding out a lot of hope for that. Just a different phase in my life now.
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As stated before you can definitely game, but the types will change. You can't be playing RPGs and stay current because it's too big of a time sink. Invest in Overwatch or LoL and you'll be fine. Contrary to popular belief you need to take some time for yourself. If you choose to game with your free time then that's on you. There were plenty of nights out drinking in the preclinical years that I could've substituted for gaming.
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The progression server or free to play
Project99... it's the best of each.
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I wasn't too happy when they switched to the free-to-play model but that's how everything is trending today
Tell me about it. I've been playing CoD since world at war came out, this is the first year I've switched to battlefield, hopefully the new CoD is better
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My friends and I switched to Battlefield too.
RIP CoD. Remember the nuke.
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When Battlefield 3 first came out (I was an MS1), a couple of classmates and I were HEAVY into it... we played on a squad together several nights a week. It was awesome.
I can't remember which one it was but I played a previous Battlefield on the Xbox 360. The one I play now on the Xbox One S is phenomenal. It's just the 3 of us so we can't make a full squad, but hell yeah man it's awesome. We've grown to appreciate Battlefield.
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You won't have the same time as before, but there's definitely time. Check out my signature... Doctors of Gaming.
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Witcher 3 ruined my neuro block.
SMITE for me...
4 separate accounts since late 2013 (M1). Probably logged like 1,500 games or more.
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4 separate accounts since late 2013 (M1). Probably logged like 1,500 games or more.
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I LOVE Smite lol. Way better than league
Clocked in 6-8 hours/weekday while on rotations after this game came out.. No regrets
I played fallout 4 and the witcher 3..I ended up liking fallout 4 more
I had not played any other witcher game before so the story really didn't stick with me i guess...
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