![]() 20 Incredible Environmental Games from the Last Decade by Chaos Theory Games.Think of this article as a starting sample, and feel free to leave a comment and link with more information if you want me to add a game. I know that there’s a lot out there, and I haven’t covered it all yet. I’ll update the lists below often, so check back for more recommendations. So it is important to try to be aware of e-waste issues, energy use, and other consumption problems when buying and playing games. It’s hard to estimate how much electricity gamers consume since it varies based on how often a gamer plays, what platforms they use and how energy efficient their devices are. Gaming itself generates its own environmental problems, though, whether as e-waste or as contributing to a country’s carbon footprint. ![]() DW, in Can Video Games Inspire Climate Action? states: Note that while games can teach about environmental issues, including climate change, and can place the player into an immersive, natural simulated world, the gaming industry can also generates its own problems. The games are broken into a few categories, which might overlap: first person-shooters, MMOs, narrative, puzzle-platformers and other strategy, RPG and adventure, simulation, and tabletop (including D&D, map, board, and card games). ![]() While some games lean toward environmental lessons and strategize ways to reconstruct ecological systems, others beautifully immerse the player into an explorative world where nature and wilderness are key to survival. Thanks to so many wonderful game suggestions (primarily video games, but not all) from the Rewilding Our Stories community, we have a new eco-gaming section here at Dragonfly. ![]()
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