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Without cheating a system's clock, they're meant to play out over long periods. Some games double down on this mechanic, using, as Brad Gallaway recently said "using the real passage of time passing as a way to progress the story or game mechanics. It takes patience and investment of effort to start making an impact in the game world, and in many ways is actually hard, slow work. In fact, many video games take a long time before they are enjoyable. Video games are often thought to be about the quick hit or instant rush of dopamine gratification. Another notable game is If Found where you are erasing your drawings and paintings in a powerful way that aligns with a narrative of rediscovered identity. The usual barriers to creativity fall, as we all get stuck in and have a go. In amongst the frantic silliness is something lovely. You are presented with a classic painting and given a limited time to race other players to recreate it. The game Sloppy Forgeries, uses this idea as its main mechanic. Unlike the world of real painting, in video games anyone can create a masterpiece. Finally, there are games like Ete or Dordogne, that use painting in the game to express emotion. Then there are games like The Unfinished Swan, that use painting as a way of revealing what is in front of you, giving the impression of limit faculties.
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Other games in the list, like Splatoon, De Blob or Chicory, use painting as a way interact with the game world itself. Some of the games here, like Okami or Concrete Genie, use painting as a way to solve puzzles to progress through the game. The games in this list let the play take part in that painting process. Designers and artists spend years crafting worlds that invite us to interact with realistic or stylised brushstrokes. Video games often create spaces like beautiful paintings. The same is true with video games, so this list is here to offer a varied diet. Only eating Kale is as problematic disordered eating as eating too many sweets. Grabbing a Pizza on the street isn’t the same as sitting down to share a slice around the meal table. This leads to other questions about how, where and when we play. Instead, we can consider what specific games have to offer our children and our family.
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They are the “digital super-foods” as Jocelyn puts it.ĭigital Nutrition is a brilliant antidote to the guilt, muddled advice and finger-pointing of screen time focus advice. These are the games that supplement your digital diet with variety, fibre, vitamins and minerals. Unlike the other lists on the site, it’s an eclectic collection of games. Essential to a healthy diet and easy to overlook if we just follow where video game advertising leads us. These are the vitamins of the gaming world.
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I’ve worked with her on this list of games that provide particularly underserved aspects of our digital play diet. Rather than digital detoxing and unplugging, Digital Nutrition is about intentional and intelligent use of devices and the conscious consumption of news, media and information." "Digital Nutrition is a guilt-free philosophy that guides you towards healthful technology habits and improving your digital literacy and wellbeing. Instead, she encourages us to think about the variety, context and patterns of digital consumption. Jocelyn Brewer coined the phrase Digital Nutrition to introduce a way of thinking about technology that went beyond screen time worries, drug analogies and detoxes.