There are also games that offer Photo modes that don't specifically depict the feature as meditation. Spiritfarer is similar, you have to find a snake named Summer and complete their quests to be invited to meditate with them. Or there are hidden moments of meditation in games like Uncharted The Lost Legacy where Chloe will work through her Yoga poses on top of a tower. In The Witcher 3 you can stop and meditate to restore your health and pass time. In Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Origins and Valhalla you can use meditation to see the sun to quickly shift across the sky. Stopping in Death Stranding or Ghost of Tsushima means you can simply sit and relax. Then there is Sky Children of the Light where you need to go to special locations to meditate.Įven violent or desolate games can offer powerful moments of stillness.
Then there is Journey that allow us to sit when we stop moving or Flower that encourages us to slow our pace with scenes of where we have just been. Games like Kena depict the breath slowing and draw attention to the sights and sounds of the natural world. This can be a specific meditate option, like in Sable, or the ability to get your character to sit and listen when you stop moving, this is a powerful way to get a taste of how meditation in real life can help us come back to ourselves and in so doing, rediscover the world around us. The games in this are those that include the chance to get your character to actually stop and meditate themselves. We have other lists of games that players use to gain a sense of calm or meditative state. However, some games create space for us to pause the action, sit, and take in the environments they have created. They invite us to continually engage and interact with the worlds they create. They invite us onto a ride that takes us to all sorts of places. Celeste strikes at the centre of what it means to be a person in all of our messy humanity a wonderful reminder that even when we fall, we are lifted up again through redemptive love, forgiveness, and grace-both for ourselves and for one another. My Child Lebensborn is a game that challenges players to care for a child born into a fascist regime-this is a game about the power of empathy. Pyre is a game about mercy that deconstructs player’s perceptions of winning and losing, encouraging them to see and meet the needs of those who are oppressed. The Last Guardian confronts us with our own self-centredness and challenges us to give rather than merely take. Heroism isn’t measured in bulk or recognition but in the melodic tones of compassion and kindness. Wandersong is a game about transforming the world with music. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a game about the spiritual impact our most precious relationships have on us. Myst, one of the best selling titles of all time, is a puzzle game about the beauty and mystery of creation. That Dragon, Cancer is a game where Ryan and Amy Green share their grief and their hope by drawing us not only into their lives but into the common grace of the Christian faith. Gris is a platformer about the stages of grief that highlights the indelible impact of our most sacred relationships.
Kentucky Route Zero is at its core, about rediscovery, of adventure-game mechanics and modernist aesthetics, of a more spiritual outlook on the physical world. Dropsy is, on the surface, a silly point-and-click adventure game about a creepy but misunderstood clown, dig deeper and you’ll see this a game that challenges players to love everyone, even their enemies. Journey's understated yet deep mythology, lack of guidance and mysterious ways it brings players together will have players thinking about the course of their own lives. These are games that provide us with the opportunity to consider what a truly 'spiritual' life looks like by encouraging us to have empathy for the suffering, love for our neighbours and our enemies, and an imagination vivid enough to contemplate a better world." "Our list is not 'Christian' games, but rather a list of games that pose important spiritual questions to those who play them. "What if video games have more to offer than just an exciting diversion into a digital battlefield, fantasy war, or alien invasion? While these types of games are certainly the loudest and most financially successful, there are a growing number of games asking important questions about life, the human condition, and even God."
LTN exists to be the love of Jesus to nerds and nerd culture, you can read more about them on their website. It starts with 12 with a challenge us to be a good neighbour, and follows with others added over time. In this list, provided by the LTN (Love Thy Nerd) editors, we bring together video games that have the potential to offer more than entertainment.
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