Lucid Dreaming > Seekers' Corner
Video games and dreaming
Lucid Lyra:
Has anyone had video games impact their dreams in a significant way?
I've recently picked up WoW after years of not playing anything and the instant "tetris effect" upon closing my eyes reminded me of this question. Personally, gaming doesn't seem to impact my dreams too much, but it does for my partner (he games a lot more than I do, though). His dreams have also been lucid for as long as he can remember, and he attributes this to his dream worlds reflecting game worlds. He never had to practice reality checks, the world was an automatic tell.
I'm quite jealous, to be honest, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?
Caradon:
Yeah I've had video game dreams turn lucid. And I've played a lot of VR games, well pretty much anytime I'm playing it's in VR in recent years. I have a Playstation VR. VR games does pretty weird things to dreams sometimes. But I'm not very good at being focused on playing video games and focused on working on my dreaming at the same time.
I recalled a golfing dream fragment last night that I'm pretty sure was influence by a VR golfing game that I have even though I've not played the game in quite a while.
Caradon:
I was thinking about walking around in Skyrim a little bit, visit my lake house in the mountains. Or this Surreal VR walk through game called "Her They Lie" It's not much of a game, mostly just walk along through some very surreal scenes. Have to try to avoid getting killed every now and then. But it's hard to even call it a game since you don't really do anything other than walk through it and look at all the weirdness going on. Some really freaky surreal stuff though.
I should play my zombie game a little and see if I can incubate more fun zombie dreams. "Walking Dead Saint And Sinners VR." It's a tense game since you can be easily overwhelmed. And the combat has a realistic feel to it.
I took a break from working on my dreams for a while And spent a lot of hours in VR ( I needed the distraction.) I played a lot of Star Wars Squadrons VR. I absolutely loved flying an X-Wing fighter in VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6VTaqhZitk
Lucid Lyra:
--- Quote from: Caradon on February 28, 2021, 11:31:13 PM --- I was thinking about walking around in Skyrim a little bit, visit my lake house in the mountains. Or this Surreal VR walk through game called "Her They Lie" It's not much of a game, mostly just walk along through some very surreal scenes. Have to try to avoid getting killed every now and then. But it's hard to even call it a game since you don't really do anything other than walk through it and look at all the weirdness going on. Some really freaky surreal stuff though.
I should play my zombie game a little and see if I can incubate more fun zombie dreams. "Walking Dead Saint And Sinners VR." It's a tense game since you can be easily overwhelmed. And the combat has a realistic feel to it.
I took a break from working on my dreams for a while And spent a lot of hours in VR ( I needed the distraction.) I played a lot of Star Wars Squadrons VR. I absolutely loved flying an X-Wing fighter in VR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6VTaqhZitk
--- End quote ---
Oh, I'd love to have a Skyrim-inspired LD! I've never actually played, but I've enjoyed watching others play because the world is so beautiful. Not many agree with me here, but I think the Dark Souls worlds are also beautiful (in a darker way). I've only played the second game and didn't finish, but it's deeply thrilling to actually beat a boss in that game. That could probably inspire an epic LD. (maybe like the zombie one you'd mentioned?) Not available in VR, though. :(
I haven't heard of the other games you've mentioned, but I also don't typically use VR. I would like to, though!
I do have one of those VR attachments that you can hook up to your phone, but I haven't used it in forever. Unfortunately, there wasn't much out for it in the way of games when I first got it. (maybe there's more now?) There were some pretty cool educational resources. There was this one molecular modeling game that helped me get through organic chemistry. There were also some of scenic walk through "games", maybe kind of like the "Here They lie" one you mentioned ... except I think the ones I saw were even less gamey than that. They seemed to be more for relaxation/stress relief.
Caradon:
I've had a few amazing dreams influenced by playing Skyrim in VR. But nothing lucid. You're right it's a beautiful place, and when you have been in it for too long, and the lighting is just right, can trick your mind into feeling just too real. I never played it before I got it on VR, so that is amazing for me. I have a fascination with the life like scale of things in VR. Just something about looking up and seeing the walls of some massive castle tower over you. Or the mountains as you climb up them, walking along some beautiful trail.
I don't know about those phone VR things. I never tried one so I have no idea how they compare with an actual VR headset.
I've heard of the Dark Souls game but I've never payed that. My favorite non VR game is still probably Dying Light. Because of my love of both the zombie apocalypse, and parkour. And in Dying Light you become a parkour master in the zombie apocalypse. :) Doesn't get better than that. I want some Dying Light VR.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version