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More than half of Americans faced coronavirus-fueled cabin fever last year by playing video games. SuperData, a Nielsen company, reports 55 percent of people turned to console, PC and mobile games during the first phase of COVID-19 lockdowns. Video games and interactive media generated $139 billion in 2020, a 12 percent spike, with digital games … Read more
Watching David Attenborough documentaries on TV and through a virtual reality (VR) headset can lift people’s moods, a new study claims. UK researchers found that playing people scenes on TV from Attenborough’s Blue Planet II documentary alleviated sadness and reduced boredom. Underwater scenes viewed through an immersive VR headset were the most effective at boosting … Read more
Coronavirus lockdowns could have damaged the eyesight of thousands of people, scientists have warned. Another study has discovered spending hours looking at screens can lead to short-sightedness, which causes distant objects to appear blurred. And eye specialists in Singapore, Germany and Japan, behind the research, fear the Covid-19 pandemic may cause rates of the condition … Read more
Eye don’t think she’ll thank you for that: Mother cures her lockdown boredom by drawing eyebrows on her two-month-old daughter’s face Morgan Rose, 28, from Oregon, U.S, drew eyebrows on her two-month-old baby Mother shared the hilarious video of her baby, Leighton Mae Rose, on Tik Tok Clips of Leighton and her brows have been … Read more
Lockdown dress-up: Spanish car salesman wears a bizarre costume to appear on his balcony each day and announce he is ‘bored’ by quarantine Jokin Arbilla, 54, dresses up as different characters and creatures daily Jokin did this every day for a month while bored in lockdown in Pamplona, Spain He says it makes people laugh and … Read more
TOWIE star Chloe Ross sizzles in scantily clad lingerie as she relieves her boredom by posting bedroom snaps while self-isolating By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 15:11 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 15:12 BST, 15 April 2020 She was axed from The Only Way Is Essex earlier this year. And, Chloe Ross sizzled in … Read more
Stacey Solomon gets to grips with quarantine boredom as she practices pouring Coke into her mouth and rearranges her shoe rack By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 09:34 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 09:44 BST, 9 April 2020 She keeps fans abreast of her day-to-day dealings on social media. And Stacey Solomon was sure … Read more
Mother turns washing line into a fairground ride for her daughter, four, and takes her ‘kayaking’ down the stairs as she finds ingenious ways to beat lockdown boredom Terri Haliwood, 39, from Portishead, Bristol, turned her home into a playground She kept her four-year-old entertained in lockdown by ‘horse riding’ inside She took her into the … Read more
Britons beat coronavirus lockdown boredom by whisking up cakes: Sales of flour double in the past month from two million to four million bags a week, according to latest trade figures By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:36 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 00:48 BST, 5 April 2020 Stuck-at-home families inspired by The Great … Read more
We can’t bear boredom! Giant teddies entertain their street during lockdown by striking zany poses in the garden Life size teddy bears Ted and Ed help cheer up neighbours with garden scenes The bears have been seen out camping, doing chores and going out for a drive They appeared outside house in Stockport to relieve … Read more