Apps We Love Part 2: Dots: A Game About Connecting

Last night, a photo like this turned up in my Instagram feed.  The culprit, my long-time bestie Kara. Within about 20 minutes she received a message cursing her existence.

Why?  Because of an awesome and addicting name called Dots. I wish I were joking saying that I spent the next 1.5 hours playing it while trying to follow "House of Cards" on Netflix. Not an easy task.

The good news is, according to an article on salon.com Dots might actually make you smarter.

More recent research confirms that cognitive perks picked up from gaming are skill-specific and not general gains in intelligence. According to research published in open access journal PLOS ONE by Adam Chie-Ming Oei and Michael Patterson of Nanyang Technological University-Singapore, playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those required in a specific game.

So in honor of summer, late bedtimes and nights of lame TV, waste more than a few precious hours of your life playing this game. Or just consider it working on your IQ.  Whatever makes you feel better.

Any hate mail sent to me will immediately be forwarded to Kara.