The Nintendo Switch offers a built-in zoom function, while the Xbox offers co-pilot mode that allows two people to play as a single player. Some platforms provide system-wide accessibility features that help. Playing with a sighted friend or family member can make things much easier. Some offer modes that lower the difficulty, like the Assist Mode in Super Mario Odyssey. In addition, there are other ways to make games easier for people with low vision to play. Screen Readers: Functions that read text and menus as they are highlighted and appear on the screen, such as in Eagle Island.Colourblind: Modes that invert colours or change colours to accommodate different types of colourblindness, such as in Hue.Non-Visual Cues: Sounds and haptic feedback that help direct the player, like Lego games.Contrast: Settings to adjust contrast and brightness, as well as distinct colours with good lighting, like Splatoon.Zoom: Ability to increase the size of all objects on the screen such as in Untitled Goose Game's zoom feature.Fonts: Larger, scalable font sizes and bold fonts, like Moving Out.These games, compiled by Christy Smith, have graphics styles or options that make the games easier to see for people with impaired vision. Games like A Short Hike, Alba A Wildlife Adventure or even No Man's Sky. Other games, like Everything and Proteus, offer a huge world to poke and prod without getting embroiled with progression.Įven games that do offer a strong sense of story and development often include post-game play or side-quest distractions that are simply there for you to spend time fiddling with rather than winning or losing.
Then there are other games, like Townscaper and Pok Pok Playroom, that let you craft your own structures but with none of the usual video game emphasis on score and winning. Some games, like The Longing, Animal Crossing and Adopt Me, simple slow down the need to progress, so all you do is check-in, fiddle around with the game world and then leave. It's no surprise that there are a number of video games that have picked up on this style of play. The enjoyment comes from doing something that isn't learning or achieving anything.
While that initial trend subsided, the interest and enjoyment of tactile objects to fiddle with are very much with us.įidget toys are like the yo-yo or Rubik's cube but without the focus on skill. The same is true with video games, so this list is here to offer a varied diet.įidget spinners burst into the hands of children a number of years ago. 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. 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. 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.
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