![]() 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. Nintendo Labo also stands out for using physical folding to create tangible objects you use to control the play. Tearaway is the headlines title here, as it let you download and print foldable-paper versions of the characters you met in the game. Then there are games that reward your video game prowess in the real world. ![]() ![]() Or Snipperclips where you angle interactions to cut shapes out of your character so you can achieve specific goals and progress. This includes games like A Fold Apart and Paper Trail where you fold the world you play in to solve increasingly complex puzzles. Perhaps most interesting are games that use paper as the mechanic for puzzles and interactions. In other games, the world itself is made out of paper, that leads to a variety of unusual settings, like Tearaway, Paper Mario and Rappa the Rapper. This is sometimes the inclusion of origami objects, like Heavy Rain's killer leaving folded objects as a calling card. This list looks at the best games that put paper folding to the test. ![]() Origami appears in video games and board games surprisingly often. From paper fortune tellers we used to make in school, to intricate origami birds, the playful folding of paper into interesting objects has long overlapped with other types of games.
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