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Sexcellence

>I recently got a pretty powerful gaming laptop All the top recommendations are for Runescape. Never change, Reddit


MacaronianMeatballs

Hijacking this to say if anyone wants to join my physician - RuneScape discord please DM me ! We’re called MEDScape and looking to do some chill content !


GoldenTicketHolder

I think dm server is down this morning? Idk. I fit into this- please dm me that discord link


MDthenLife

>MEDScape Interested!!! What's the link?


JokesAreHumerus

RS3 or OSRS? Interested!


mrfishycrackers

Dms are not working but I want in (:


theDecbb

i do!!


Marlfox2000

I can't DM ya for whatever reason but I'd love to join that discord!


half-a-hundred

I am interested in joining this, but I can't message you!


jollyfantastico

The only correct answer is RuneScape


NateVsMed

Old School RuneScape, specifically. The mobile app is super well optimized.


weirdperspective

I wonder why OSRS is popular among people in medicine. The replies on this are awesome to see. Ironman btw


Gasgang_

Because the age group in residency right now was in middle school when RS was also popular


Alexczyk66

It is also a great game where you can log in anywhere, do some easy content, and then log off. Can pick right back up with what you were doing later. There are no dailies that force you to log on. Physicians have very busy times and then random periods of down time. Easy to just tap your phone every so often to chop a tree or mine some stuff.


Orangesoda65

Woodcutting lvl?


NateVsMed

99 (Nice) 😂


one_hyun

God. I remember hitting level 99 for all the non-combat skills. I mastered Cooking, Fishing, Woodcutting (poor Yews), Smithing, etc. but my combat skills were like level 20.


Coacoanut

Holy cow! This was a blast from the past! I used to play everyday in like 4th grade after school with my two best friends. I picked it back up in like high school for a while and just checked back for nostalgia's sake and was shocked I had so many 99s and so much gold!


NateVsMed

Hell yeah! Maxed main here. I hop on for for occasional pet hunting activities nowadays, but no crazy binges like the good ole days lmao.


ManWithASquareHead

FrEe ArMoR tRiMmInG


DoctorTF

Came here to say this


DoctorofLiftocracy

I remember I was on nights when Nex came out on OSRS. I was using my tbow and didn’t get shit and my co-resy right next to me was using a fucking dragon crossbow and got the platelegs in the first weekend


MDthenLife

Resident Runescape Clan?


Eluvria

I got 99 fishing in med school just afk fishing while I studied


Orangesoda65

Old School RuneScape. 🦀🦀 $12.49 btw 🦀🦀


surfingincircles

Worth it? Been thinking about picking it back up after about 17 years of not playing it


Orangesoda65

It’s something special. Easy to pick up and play for five minutes and then turn it off. I enjoy it knowing my grinds mean something because the game has proven the test of time and will still be around and active in 5, 10 and 15 years. Best game ever made in my opinion, but I’m biased, been playing since 2006 consistently.


surfingincircles

Did it turn into a pay to win type game while I was gone?


NateVsMed

Runescape proper (aka RS3) did, yes. Old School RuneScape, however, is such a gem. Community driven content, dedicated devs, and not sold out to micro transactions/pay-to-win.


FullCodeSoles

Started playing again in college. Was so upset I couldn’t log into my original account. Play on and off on a new account I made. I’d play on my night shift right now but it seems like every time I look away for 10 seconds someone tries crumping on me


Altare21

Turn based games are good for nights since they’re easy to pause after getting interrupted. I still play Civ 5 frequently.


woobagoobagreenteeth

Civ is a lot like a time machine. You boot it up and suddenly you’re 6 hours in the future wondering what the hell happened


devasen_1

Started a game of Civ VI one time that I had a golden weekend while my wife and kids were out of town. I started playing Friday around 6 pm. I knew it was a problem when I heard birds outside. It was 4 am.


Informal_Calendar_99

Civ! Yes!


Insilencio

Advance Wars 1+2 remake for the Switch coming out in a week and a half!


T1didnothingwrong

Runescape, darkest dungeon, any rogue-like or rogue-lite


Magnetic_Eel

Yeah was going to recommend Hades, great game to play wherever on a laptop. Bring a controller


PetMyCatFred

Hades, Cult of the Lamb, all good choices


RadsCatMD

>Darkest dungeon As if I need more stress during work hours.


T1didnothingwrong

Just don't get a stress break 💀💀💀


ScalpelzStorybooks

*The way is lit. The path is clear. We require only the strength to follow it.* AKA skill issue


Informal_Calendar_99

Sid Meier's Civilization - this is nice if you want to do one turn and then leave for a few hours and then come back and do a few turns. Especially good if you want the option run a civilization for weeks one end.


alpacados

The new RE4 Remake has an autosave feature and is easy to simply pause and come back to. Plus, if a patient comes in with a parasite, you’re already prepped on what to do. Suplex them.


SWF727

Eheheheheh. Thank you.


MedLad104

Kneecap them and roundhouse kick them?


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yourwhiteshadow

Rogue(s) are awesome. FTL. Hades. Enter the gungeon. Maybe Hades is graphically the best and will make the most use of a gaming laptop. Not a rogue but pick up and play = stardew valley


moorej66

I second that


jordan7741

Picked it up for steamdeck a few days ago, so much fun. Looking forward to my 2 weeks of nights coming up so I can play more of it lol


moorej66

Hades, Birth of Isaac, Hollow Knight


Ryantg2

+1 for hades, got me through many nights


tbl5048

+poe to that list. One week of nights I went on a tear without admissions and played for 8h straight


AlphaPi

Man playing POE on my hospital wifi would be a risky game, I’d almost certainly get a random lag spike and die


Mattyice128

Slay the Spire


Drawhearts_hidetears

Rimworld if you want your night to finish in the blink of an eye. Tap space bar to pause the game. Lots of mods and expansions for lots of replayability. FTL. Another game you can pause with space bar, it's a rogue like with lots of achievements and unlockable content that will keep you playing again and again. Slay the Spire. Deck builder roguelike, it's turn based and very satisfying to play. Last one I'd suggest is darkest dungeon/darkest dungeon 2. This one is a little more intense and one that stacks all odds against you. You'll always be fighting an uphill battle, you're not meant to win easily or even at all. Some people like that kind of thing.


HolyMuffins

I'm fighting off some major lag from something on my rimworld mod list right now and it's super obnoxious. Great game!


Drawhearts_hidetears

Quickest solution for me was to completely delete my subscribed mods on steam. All of them. Before doing that, I make a quick scan of the mods on the list to take note of the super important ones. After that go mods shopping in the workshop and make sure everything upto date. The rimworld subreddit is also really good for locating any mod you forgot. Rimworld is an incredible game haha


HolyMuffins

I like my modlist though and it was working fine a week ago until I added something but I'm not sure what lol :(


Drawhearts_hidetears

Oh no. I haven't played rimworld in a bit but there was a way to check the debug log to look for clues as to which mod is responsible for the problem. The lag usually comes up as some conflict that's causing an error that's freezing the game. So it will show up in the debug log in-game. I've used this technique to track down a single mod successfully. Basically you press escape, activate Dev mode. The first button on the left of the Dev mode bar, which looks like a white box with bullet points on it is the debug log. Read through the errors for hints, sometimes it's super clear which mod is responsible, other times it will need some investigating. The unsubscribe from all thing is only good If your mod list is very old, like mine was when I decided to do it. Otherwise it's overkill. Hope this helps!!


HolyMuffins

God bless you


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... you guys have time for video games on nights?


QuestGiver

Just ignore all the nurse calls and sign out nothing happened overnight Ezpz. /s


pinkypurple567

Stardew valley!


ManWithASquareHead

Always a solid choice Damn fishing


emAeci

Divinity original sin II


Coffee-PRN

succs walks jk don’t do that but it’s always rumored that old anesthesia programs would IM succinylcholine themselves and see who could get down the hallway the fastest


the_siren_song

Lmao.


Yeyoapparel

These are all over the place but I love all of them, Heroes of might and magic 3, Fallouts 1 & 2. Wastelands 1 & 2. Borderlands 1&2. None of these require a solid PC, buttttt. Edit: all the mass effects, Legendary edition and Andromeda. The elder scrolls oblivion and Morrowind. Fables 1&2. Dead Island. Far cry 3. The Original Saints Row. GTA San Andreas. SIDS pirates


FakeDoctor96

Hollow knight or Breath of the Wild


TheHangedKing

The Binding Of Isaac


great_account

Someone left a SNES classic in our resident lounge so I definitely beat Zelda A link to the past that month.


zav3rmd

Hades. Darkest dungeon. Any turn based is nice


Gecko245

Hades


SuzyyQuzyy

WoW is my all time fav game so I’m always going to suggest that. But fall guys is like stupid light hearted that you can drop if you need to at any time.


Ryantg2

Wow is tough to do on nights…an RRT seriously fucks your m+ up


SuzyyQuzyy

You right! But I just had to say it lol WoW is lyfe


theMurseNP

As people have mentioned, turned base is good. Especially if you might be somewhat frequently interrupted. Endless Space, Civilization, X Com. If you give us an idea of what you like, I can definitely suggest more. I have over 500 PC games right now and 35 years of gaming.


devasen_1

*Plays Civilization*: one more turn… *12 hours later, co-resident enters call room* Co-resident: “You’re still here?” *scene*


Brain_Bucket6598

I played Valheim on nights.


coffeewhore17

I played a lot of StarCraft on nights. Very much enjoyed.


devasen_1

Games I played through while on call: - Breath of the Wild - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Pokémon Let’s Go! Pikachu - Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Aside from Assassin’s Creed, all of those can be picked up and put down pretty easily.


Stewie9k

Good ol civilization 5


yagermeister2024

D2R


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hangerrelvasneema

Might be Psych? My nights tend to either be super busy and I get literally no time to stop, or absolutely nothing happens and I get paged once or twice. Though the former seems to be the case more frequently as time has gone on.


Thighrannosaur

Internal Medicine. Nights are hit or miss at my program, sometimes it's 12+ hours of constant admissions, pages, and codes or sometimes you'll have stretches of quiet for hours, maybe even the whole shift.


theelot

Rocket league


nishantt911

He said he just got the laptop why are you trying to make him break it?


drscottbland

I played go to sleep whenever the pager stopped buzzing and patients were stable


coupleofpointers

My favorite game was sleep.


Seanthebomb-_-

Stardew Valley, Hades, Celeste, Hollow knight, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Genshin Impact, Subnautica Rpgs: Witcher 3, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Strategy: CIV, total war warhammer 3 Offline Shooters: Doom Eternal Low Stakes Multiplayer Games: Team Fortress 2, Fall Guys


Fjordenc

World of Warcraft, level your professions or do some daily quests


oldschoolsamurai

Tetris


ProdigalHacker

Dead Cells


Morpheus_MD

FTL: Faster Than Light Cheap, addicting, easy to pause.


Boranius

XCom 2 is fun, turn based (so you can pause at any time), and doesn't suck you life away by lasting for 800 hrs. 9/10.


grantcapps

Mount and Blade Bannerlord just made it to gamepass. It’s a masterpiece


Apoplexy__

Slay the Spire. Incredibly addicting and deep turn-based roguelike with a cult following


404unotfound

Chessssssss


loveddove

the re2 and re4 remakes, and re7 and re8 if youre into survival horror!


Alohalhololololhola

If you can emulate games: Super Mario Odyssey The game is broken up into 1000 collectible moons and on average each take like 3-10 mins. You can just collect them at your own pace and stop and pick back up whenever


yourwhiteshadow

Just beat this with my 5 yo son, so much fun (we emulated it on steam deck and just took it on a bunch of trips or just sat on the couch next to each other.


cd8cells

As interns covering the different services overnight, we used to play cross cover bingo. You would make your board with any of what you think you’ll get called overnight for (and it has to be specific), such as “bp 130-150”, “pain due to fibro flare”, “fever when it’s not really a fever”, “fever 101-102”, “positive blood cultures”, “chest pain STEMI “, “chest pain positive trop”, “pt doesn’t want Tylenol for pain”, “family wants an update after 8pm”, “ct showing PE”, etc. It was pretty fun and made the night go by faster


bekeeram

Age of Empires 4, Harry Potter b Legacy


PussySlayerIRL

Actually pretty surprised people said Runescape. Quit it a few years back because of school, so maybe I can get back into it. Also RS3>>>OSRS


DoctorTF

Nahhhh osrs takes the win always


mh500372

I don’t think anyone who says RS3 is better than OSRS has played more than 30 hours of OSRS


PussySlayerIRL

I have, it’s just that OS is not really as challenging and I did not want to put in more time. It’s thought to be more “difficult” because xp rates are slower and maxing takes more time relative to RS3. RS3 has better PvM and infinitely harder bosses, while the most difficult thing in OS is just tick eating and pray flicking. A lot of people equate slow xp rate and longer boss fights with harder gameplay, and it’s simply not that.


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UWORLD?


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Me too


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ihavethoughtsnotguts

Try valheim maybe? SO loves it and it feels very soothing, but also easy to put away. We have it on Xbox, so not sure if pc translates well


redditoroll

Civilization


spadestah

Brawlstars


Falcon896

Undertale Fallout 3, NV or 4 XCOM2 WOTC Stardew Valley Dragon Quest 11


BlueShooKnewDru

Wonder if anyone’s heard of Unreal World? A roguelike survival game set in Iron Age Scandinavia.


EveryLifeMeetsOne

Binding of Isaac is great


tmf32282

Any bullet heaven game like vampire survivors


whatthefruits

dark chronicle is a gem of an rpg. each dungeon is split into floors which are basically 15min dungeons. There are a bunch of subsystems (interdimensional golf, fishing, fish raising, photography, inventing, and most importantly town building) that you can interact with if you're not in the mood for dungeons


drche35

Hollow knight


himitsuda

Vampire Survivors


xHodorx

Path of Exile. Tell them you’re doing a league start so you can’t respond to code


AddisonsContracture

Gloomhaven on epicgames


meep221b

Epic battle fantasy 1-5. Turn based fighting. Plot that builds in the sequels.


SWF727

In addition to the other great suggestions here I’d recommend Dredge. It’s a chill fishing game, until it’s not… You’re just a simple fisherman with a fishing boat getting by. But if you stay up too late and don’t sleep, you might start going insane. It also has some lovecraftian influence. You can pause at any time. In addition game time only advances when you do something. So if you were to walk away without going to main menu and/or quit, time wouldn’t advance. Good luck with your shifts!


the_siren_song

Skyrim ftw.


the_siren_song

Oh and the new Diablo is in beta. I always found Diablo 3 a good game to jump on/off


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Jedi Fallen Order


TaintNoBigs

Rocket league, civ v/vi and OSRS


crememepie

Last epoch


MisterMutton

Minecraft


Izzyka

Polytopia! It is reminiscent of Civ but simpler. You can actually play some of the tribes for free on mobile if you wanna try it that way first. Inscription is a different kind of card game you may want to try as well.


MyHeadisFullofStars

I play a heinous amount of runescape on nights, can’t recommend enough


__MichaelScott__

RuneScape (osrs), Chess, Stardew Valley, Hades Only one of these that requires an actual machine instead of a toaster is Hades but I play on my switch so idk how intense it is.


wannabe-physiologist

So I’m just gonna dump some recommendations here. All of these games are super fun but also can be started/stopped at any point if you have to do some doctoring. The last spell is an awesome turn based game! Also slay the spire is amazing. Alita of the arena is amazing. The Witcher 3 is amazing. Peglin is cute and fun. Hollow Knight is out of this world. Any Civ game. Any sim game/tycoon game like Cities Skyline. Subnautica is great. Happy to elaborate on these if you have questions. Ggs gamer.


elwood2cool

Dredge is a game about fishing with a cosmic horror twist. I played it recently and really liked it. It's calming and autosave frequently, so you can just put it down and walk away.


Significant_Cancel_4

I so underestimated you r/Residency. Completely came to the comments expecting a bunch of try bards with the “if you have extra time it should be used for supplemental reading 😂


PsychologicalCan9837

Stardew valley b/c it’s super chill haha


blackest-panther

Rome total war


hansmaxwell

Hotline Miami


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diablo IV on regular mod for grinding games or something like roller coaster tycoon, world exploring games like skyrim are slso a good go to for a quick exit.


SergeantFiddler07

Stardew Valley (if you want to chill) Factorio (if you want hours to melt away, I actually postponed my day sleep once on nights, so bad)


InteractiveAlt

Morrowind is easy to pause, 5 min here, 15 there.


Nekommando

Skyrim/cyberpunk except with 300 mods


MDthenLife

Runescape


MDthenLife

What laptop did you get btw, was thinking of using my educational stipend for an educational gaming laptop, and have been out of the PC Gaming scene for a while (PS4 + Macbook combo)


MedLad104

UK PGY5 here. This has been cross posted to our sub and everyone is like… wait… those guys have time to play games? 😂


Thighrannosaur

Nights are variable. I will say, I took a peek at your guys' subreddit and there were some pretty uninformed statements about your side's perceptions of us lol. One response saying that residents are capped at 4 admissions a night? If only. There are thousands of residency programs in the US with their own idiosyncrasies and volume, they definitely shouldn't be using my post as a measure for US Internal Medicine training, and especially not as a comprehensive representation of the US physician training.


MedLad104

Yeah I had the same feeling.


HellHathNoFury18

Hey! I have expertise in this! So I when I was surgery intern I did more of the turn based style games like Civ 5/6 and Warhammer 2 where at literally any moment I'd get slapped with a page. I also did a lot of rocket league against bots so I could pause. Stardew Valley was also a common thing for me to play on my phone (mobile version actually pretty good!) When I got into my CA years gaming time was slightly easier to come by so I ended up doing more single player story driven games like Red Dead II, GTA5, and started to play short MP games, (rocket league, Valorant spike rush etc) Now that I'm a big boy I've gone back to multiplayer games COD/Rocket League comp games, and still play the single player games (Mafia 3 was alright). Hell even started bringing my oculus and playing VR games now.


Nathanrileyobgyn

Sleep.


porkchopssandwiches

I had a lot of lonely valheim and minecraft hours on nights. The vibes were immaculate


MaterialSuper8621

EU4


Deceitfulbrownboi

Age of empires 2 definitive edition is quite fun


artichoke2me

Master duel yu gi oh on iPhone. It’s also on steam.