Interactive Things to do online other than Netflix and Gaming.

[Uttamattamakin]

• An Online Dance Party. Friday April 3RD A Live streamed DJ set “ESCAPE the CORONA” Live Stream VR DJ SET Fundraiser VR Party to fight against COVID-19 All Proceeds go to UNICEF 6 PM - 3 AM EST.  A VR headset is not required.  Turn down the lights, stand up from your computer, and dance away your cares for a while.  This one is free though the DJ’s are trying to raise donations for UNICEF.
• Online Exercise Classes. Generally, these cost money but not all of them require any special equipment.  The infamous Peloton does not just mean an exercise bike but can even be done with just an app.  This one does cost money but as of this writing they are running a promotion for a 90 day free trial of the Peloton app. 
• Interactive online Gaming. Especially if you never have tried it before. Much of this is not for children or teens and so might appeal to those 21 and up. There are many options.
  • Play Board Games Online. Can’t get up and move and don’t have anyone with you to play board games with? There are numerous services for playing online board games and tabletop games which offer text based real time interaction. Pogo offers many games such as scrabble, dominoes, and Monopoly a personal favorite of mine, and is FREE.  Hasbro has a good Monopoly app which allows for play with friends on social media. Tabletopia  has a selection of over 800 more niche games as well.  Try something different!
  • Grand Theft Auto Online: Want to have the experience of driving a million dollar supercar, do some gambling in a casino, fly a fighter jet around a city, visit night spots from night clubs to a strip joint, engage in gun running, smuggling, or counterfeiting?  Do all without breaking any actual laws? Maybe you just want to drive around because you miss it.  Try Grand Theft Auto V Online.  You will need to have an Xbox one, Play Station 4, or Gaming PC.  It is not free to play.   This game is a realistic enough simulation of a city based on Lost Angeles, California.   There are so many things to do in this game that you will never run out of things to do.    Especially if you try to explore all of them. It is the real world without consequences.  $30 US on the Steam Store for PC .
• Zoom Party: Many people would socialize with their work colleagues.  Set up a personal Zoom account on your personal computer and invite your coworkers to have a beer, wine or whatever they like to drink or eat.  Just have a nice social chat.  Make it clear to everyone this is personal time to just hang out.  Like being at the bar around the corner so HR can buzz off.  Better yet invite them to hang out too.    One of the things many of us can miss are the many little informal interactions.  Online meetings, that are not work relate, need not be all formal.   It is key that you keep this as separate from work as possible.  Just as you should if you hang out with work friends at that bar around the corner.   If anyone you know is likely to expect “professionalism” even if you are at the bar around the corner, or a restaurant across town, don’t invite them.  We’re all at home and don’t need that kind of stress.

I also blogged about this but think it would be either against the rules or ... just bad form to post a link to my own  blog here.    That said.   Any other ideas for things to do online that are interactive.  Things you might not really consider unless you were shut in?   IF something involves fundraising for charity I may share it on my blog too because charity.  Hopefully no one would have an issue with that. 

[LankyBastard]

Adding to this, there are plenty of music artists that are doing live-streams from their own homes.  It's a really unique experience to watch and are generally free (though donations are highly encouraged).

[Lord Vile]

On 4/1/2020 at 9:53 PM, Uttamattamakin said:

• An Online Dance Party. Friday April 3RD A Live streamed DJ set “ESCAPE the CORONA” Live Stream VR DJ SET Fundraiser VR Party to fight against COVID-19 All Proceeds go to UNICEF 6 PM - 3 AM EST.  A VR headset is not required.  Turn down the lights, stand up from your computer, and dance away your cares for a while.  This one is free though the DJ’s are trying to raise donations for UNICEF.
• Online Exercise Classes. Generally, these cost money but not all of them require any special equipment.  The infamous Peloton does not just mean an exercise bike but can even be done with just an app.  This one does cost money but as of this writing they are running a promotion for a 90 day free trial of the Peloton app. 
• Interactive online Gaming. Especially if you never have tried it before. Much of this is not for children or teens and so might appeal to those 21 and up. There are many options.
  • Play Board Games Online. Can’t get up and move and don’t have anyone with you to play board games with? There are numerous services for playing online board games and tabletop games which offer text based real time interaction. Pogo offers many games such as scrabble, dominoes, and Monopoly a personal favorite of mine, and is FREE.  Hasbro has a good Monopoly app which allows for play with friends on social media. Tabletopia  has a selection of over 800 more niche games as well.  Try something different!
  • Grand Theft Auto Online: Want to have the experience of driving a million dollar supercar, do some gambling in a casino, fly a fighter jet around a city, visit night spots from night clubs to a strip joint, engage in gun running, smuggling, or counterfeiting?  Do all without breaking any actual laws? Maybe you just want to drive around because you miss it.  Try Grand Theft Auto V Online.  You will need to have an Xbox one, Play Station 4, or Gaming PC.  It is not free to play.   This game is a realistic enough simulation of a city based on Lost Angeles, California.   There are so many things to do in this game that you will never run out of things to do.    Especially if you try to explore all of them. It is the real world without consequences.  $30 US on the Steam Store for PC .
• Zoom Party: Many people would socialize with their work colleagues.  Set up a personal Zoom account on your personal computer and invite your coworkers to have a beer, wine or whatever they like to drink or eat.  Just have a nice social chat.  Make it clear to everyone this is personal time to just hang out.  Like being at the bar around the corner so HR can buzz off.  Better yet invite them to hang out too.    One of the things many of us can miss are the many little informal interactions.  Online meetings, that are not work relate, need not be all formal.   It is key that you keep this as separate from work as possible.  Just as you should if you hang out with work friends at that bar around the corner.   If anyone you know is likely to expect “professionalism” even if you are at the bar around the corner, or a restaurant across town, don’t invite them.  We’re all at home and don’t need that kind of stress.

I also blogged about this but think it would be either against the rules or ... just bad form to post a link to my own  blog here.    That said.   Any other ideas for things to do online that are interactive.  Things you might not really consider unless you were shut in?   IF something involves fundraising for charity I may share it on my blog too because charity.  Hopefully no one would have an issue with that. 

Learn a skill, exercise etc

 

Spending a lot of time on forums myself

[Uttamattamakin]

15 hours ago, LankyBastard said:

Adding to this, there are plenty of music artists that are doing live-streams from their own homes.  It's a really unique experience to watch and are generally free (though donations are highly encouraged).

Exactly.  If I had the money to spend I'd be getting a VR set up to look for interactive social  VR experiences now that I know those are a thing. 

15 hours ago, Lord Vile said:

Learn a skill, exercise etc

 

Spending a lot of time on forums myself

Nothing wrong with that.  Anything to remind us there are other people out there. 

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, Uttamattamakin said:

Exactly.  If I had the money to spend I'd be getting a VR set up to look for interactive social  VR experiences now that I know those are a thing. 

Nothing wrong with that.  Anything to remind us there are other people out there. 

Well it’s either that or talk to my fiancée sooo...

[Silentprototipe]

On 4/1/2020 at 3:53 PM, Uttamattamakin said:

Grand Theft Auto Online

As a GTAO player with 1100 hours on I say L O L  N O. GTA Online is an absolute wasteland on PC and crap on console

[Uttamattamakin]

On 4/9/2020 at 7:22 PM, Lord Vile said:

Well it’s either that or talk to my fiancée sooo...

Not everyone has that in their lives.  Some of us only find cowards who want to "experience" someone like us or keep us secret.  Thanks for the reminder. 

 

On 4/9/2020 at 7:28 PM, Silentprototipe said:

As a GTAO player with 1100 hours on I say L O L  N O. GTA Online is an absolute wasteland on PC and crap on console

Well it does seem the quarantine has brought all the modders out.  Which wouldn't be so bad if they were entertained by giving themselves super powers then going out to fight.  At  least that would be sporting.  So far they seem to just like randomly making clean players get exploded. 

[Silentprototipe]

1 hour ago, Uttamattamakin said:

Well it does seem the quarantine has brought all the modders out.  Which wouldn't be so bad if they were entertained by giving themselves super powers then going out to fight.  At  least that would be sporting.  So far they seem to just like randomly making clean players get exploded.

Basically. I get my fun out of the game by hunting the people who make the game a said wasteland so its hitting me mega hard