Lumosity Review

May 31, 2007 7:15 PM
Related Categories: games

This is an early review for Lumosity.  Lumosity is a site where one plays short games that are supposed to help with brain function.  There are many different games that test your skills in various ways.  Memory, Speed, etc.  You can test your skills with their games without creating an account, to get a good flavor for how it works though the quick trial only includes 3 of the games.

The games themselves are petty fun.  You get a score and naturally you want to play again to try and beat that score.  My wife and I found ourselves with very different strengths.  She is much much better at the speed math games while I do well with the memory maze games.  Birdwatching was only ok for both of us.  We will play a bit every night for the next month.

We have both decided to sign up for the site and try their full program which is free (for now).  I will post the results of our score improvement, as well as perceived real brainpower improvement over time. 


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Dude!
You have a wife?!
How'd you rope her into THAT?
# Posted By Phillip Senn | 6/1/07 11:02 AM
hahaha, yup. she kicks ass too. ;-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcyr/
# Posted By Joshua Cyr | 6/1/07 11:04 AM
Out of interest how did it go with Lumosity?
I have read a couple of reviews, and they were ok.
Regards.
Jsanderz
# Posted By jsanderz | 7/17/07 7:46 AM
We had fun, but stopped after a while. My scores got better and better, as did my wifes. but I feel part of it was simply that we played the same games over and over. Not sure sure I was getting smarter in any way. Certainly something I wouldn't pay for. There are plenty of other similar games out there that are free or more fun.
# Posted By Joshua Cyr | 7/17/07 8:45 AM
Thanks for your response, I will give it a go.
Regards.
# Posted By jsanderz | 7/17/07 9:09 AM
Hello Joshua, can you mention some of the games that are fun and free? I agree that paying $70 seems a bit too much
# Posted By Isa | 7/30/07 10:12 AM
Sorry it took so long. For much less money you can play many MMORPG games which involve many tasks, memory, strategy, teamwork, etc. And are a lot more fun. If you are looking for free brainteasers there are lots of soduku out there. This game is one though, that my wife and I have enjoyed a lot. She playes it all the time and gets to lvl 23.
http://www.mooarcade.com/games/play-4716.html
# Posted By Joshua | 8/2/07 9:36 PM

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