Word puzzles on LinkedIn. Logic challenges in The Washington Post. For news publishers and tech sites looking to both entice and engage users, games are serious business.

Board games, per academic and medical studies, help stave off cognitive decline and loneliness while improving cooperation, empathy and teamwork.

If you Google the word “prayer,” you’ll get hundreds of images of clasped hands, seemingly begging for something. The act of prayer isn’t only passive, beseeching, or religious.