Games have taught us to fight, to follow orders and get the job done, because if we do, we’ll be rewarded in some way. Fewer games have taught us to reflect on what we’re doing, and why. We can reflect on our own, of course — that’s a lot of […]
empathy
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Games are alive with emotion. Maybe that emotion is excitement at finding a new piece of legendary gear, or aggression at trying to kill a particularly difficult boss, or sadness when a character dies (what, you’ve never cried during a video game? No? Yeah, yeah… me either…). One of the […]
Immediately after finals last week, in preparation for traveling down South to meet my partner’s parents, cousins, sister, aunts, uncles (basically all of Texas), I began a hunt for games I could play on my iPad and on Steam – especially since bringing my Xbox One with me wasn’t exactly […]