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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 7 Dec 2015

    I think it's a UK game for some reason. It's like, "Go ride a bike or learn a foreign language" or something like that.... help my memory!

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      2. Addle Pated‏ @addlepated 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Minecraft will warn you if you've spent a lot of time in-world, telling you to stretch and not to forget to eat. That it?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 7 Dec 2015
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        @addlepated no although that's another good example! this is more cheeky and sort of sarcastic, like "Congratulations you won a game, now...

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      2. Ian Hughes/epredator‏ @epredator 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame we used to have a kids TV show called 'why don't you turn off the TV and do something else instead' in the 80s

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 7 Dec 2015
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        @epredator lol!!

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      4. Ian Hughes/epredator‏ @epredator 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame it was a bit of a maker show. It was 70s and 80s http://youtu.be/3FQktsKvXcg  catchy theme tune too

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      2. Hriuke_BMX‏ @markjtilbury 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame Let me know what it is it's on the tip of my tongue

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 7 Dec 2015
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        @markjtilbury monkey island!

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      4. Hriuke_BMX‏ @markjtilbury 8 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame When he's sad to sell his ship. Then the mast falls down. "well a deal's a deal". lololl

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      1. Rowan Kaiser‏ @RowanKaiser 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame It might be Dungeon Keeper, which, if you played post-midnight, would have the narrator yell "GO TO BED!" at you.

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      1. R R Willica‏ @RRWillica 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame FFXI used to have a warning when you logged in not to forget about your family and work/school.

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      1. Doug Hill‏ @DHStom 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame Some of the Pokemon games will tell you "You've played a lot today. Perhaps you should take a break." Or something like that.

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      2. Tom Kitchin‏ @TwoDaemon 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame You miiight mean Jurassic Park: Lost World with Jeff Goldblum telling you to go take a walk at the end - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuYUoLM8BNA …

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      3. Tom Kitchin‏ @TwoDaemon 7 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame Oh, sorry, apparently it's actually called "Chaos Island" but it's a jurassic park game anyways.

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      1. shenaezar abraham‏ @shenaezar 8 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame jane I want to know so many thing about books,what ca ido?please help me.

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      1. Ryan Lucas‏ @dz45tr 8 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame kinda like how Wii would tell people to "take a break and go outside."

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      1. shenaezar abraham‏ @shenaezar 8 Dec 2015
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        @avantgame hi jane?I'm shenaezar from tanzania,how about reading books

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