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- Starting Tuesday, you can experience it for yourself, as the Playstation 4's "Walden, a game" is released. In development for more than 10 years and already out for PC and Mac, the video game lets players take on the role of Thoreau himself as he lived at Walden Pond in the 1840s.
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May 15, 2018 · In development for more than 10 years and already out for PC and Mac, the video game lets players take on the role of Thoreau himself as he lived at Walden Pond in the 1840s.
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“Summed up in a single word, it would be ‘beautiful.’”
5/5 – Common Sense Media
“An introspective ‘Oregon Trail’”
CNN
“A remarkable experiment in translation. As contemplative as its source material, it forces an anti-reflexive pace and coddles at its center an appreciation of calm and quiet.”
NPR: Reading the Game
Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond. Features a dynamic and changing natural environment filled with exquisite details, as well as a multi-faceted narrative following Thoreau’s quest for solitude and inspiration in the woods during a time of personal and social crises.
Can you balance your basic needs for survival against your search for beauty and the sublime? Will you live life “deliberately”? Or will you live a life of “quiet desperation”? Find out in this critically acclaimed title that Smithsonian Magazine has called “the world’s most improbable video game.”
Minimum:
•OS: 7 / 8 / 10
•Processor: 2.4 GHz
•Memory: 8 GB RAM
•Graphics: 1024 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
•DirectX: Version 11
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- USC Games
- USC Game Innovation Lab
- Jul 4, 2017
Walden, a game is an exploratory narrative and open world simulation of the life of American philosopher Henry David Thoreau during his experiment in self-reliant living at Walden Pond. The game begins in the summer of 1845 when Thoreau moved to the Pond and built his cabin there.
Play as philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau in his experiment in self-reliant living at Walden Pond. Live off the land, seek out the small wonders and beauties of the woods, and find balance between your need to survive and your desire to find inspiration.
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Mar 7, 2017 · That means you basically just explore the game’s virtual version of Walden pond and live out the story of the book—or divert from the book to tell your own story about a Thoreau who...
- Sam Barsanti
May 15, 2018 · They make up the objective of a video game that seeks to translate his exploits in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts, into a playable digital reality. "Walden, a Game" is adapted from the book ...
They make up the objective of a video game that seeks to translate his exploits in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts, into a playable digital reality. "Walden, a Game" is adapted from the...
