The Most Beautiful Natural Worlds in Gaming (And What Inspired Them)

Perhaps the most commonly agreed-upon strength of the gaming medium is its capacity to provide escapism. You probably won’t be a Hogwarts wizard in real life, but you can be one in Hogwarts Legacy; most people aren’t a clone of an espionage legend like Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid. We can deeply engage with such fantasies in video games, but the medium is good for more than just this kind of daydreaming.