Gaming as Meditation

I've been big into meditation lately. While I like to do mindfulness meditation/focus meditation for about 10 minutes or so, there's nothing wrong with a soft-meditation that you can do for longer periods of time. Really anything can be used as a meditation, chores can be meditative if you're doing them with low stimulation and with intention. Dishes are meditative for my step-dad for example. For some it's laundry. Pretty much anything you do in your day-to-day as long as it's low-stim and done mindfully. So I thought, why not gaming? It's one of my favorite pastimes, and if I can incorporate it into my meditation routine then why not? However, not all games work well as meditation. Unless you're some freak, a game like Call of Duty isn't gonna be all that meditative. I've found that games that are low-stakes, low stimulation, and longer form are the ones that work best for this. There's a few I've come to think of so I'll share them. For all of these games, I encourage that you play…