Games That Have Positive Impact on Your Emotions
Katherine Isbister a computer games researcher wrote the book, How Games Move Us (2016) describing how her colleagues and friends thought that gaming might numb people’s emotions. Noting that the possible connection between violence and games, it could be understandable that her friends believed this, however, Isbister did not concur with them. In her book, she wrote saying, games can actually play an essential role in creating empathy and other strong, positive emotional experiences.
It is often that designers want players to cry, laugh and extend empathy to the other characters and players in digital games. Therefore, according to Conor Mckeown of King’s College in London, whether you are looking for a welcome distraction or a mood boost, there are some games you can try playing.
Ziba Scott’s Kind Words (Lo Fi Chill Beats to Write To) is a game that may seem a bit odd. It includes players writing and receiving encouraging letters in a comfortable room that cocoons them in the relaxing sound of “lo fi chill beats”. It gets its inspiration from the YouTube sensation lo fi hip hop radio-beats to study or relax to. A combination of relaxed electronic music that is looped over the animation, the channel has a remarkable live chat that has become a space for heartfelt confession.
The game expands on the spirit of the YouTube stream by letting players to write a letter about something worrying them and read responses from an anonymous community. As it may be tempting to dismiss the game due to its simplicity, the exchange of messages may have an important role to play. According to Katherine Isbister’s book, it relates this type of communication to a note left by a guardian in a child’s lunchbox, a small but touching attempt to reach out.
The designer of Going Under, Dan Cook says that humor in games is tough because of the conflicting nature of video games and comedy. Video games rely on the predictable to be played as opposed to comedy that comes from unexpected violations of the expected.
Reference
https://theconversation.com/four-video-games-to-boost-your-mood-134438
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