This year, you can also play the video game. Thoreau’s two-year experiment at Walden Pond near Concord, Mass., is now the subject of an experimental, full-color 3-D computer game. A decade in ...

Yes, you can. Thoreau lovers are going to scoff at translating what was essentially an anti-technology screed (or at least a pro-nature screed) into a Playstation game and turning his beloved ...

And now, the game — which not only re-creates Walden pond and the land on which Thoreau lived, but also, to some extent, the text’s spirit — is available to play. Though it’s still in ...

I sat at my desk, dry and cozy. Walden is a simulation game, and you play as Henry David Thoreau. You might remember these names from high school: Thoreau was a philosopher and writer from 19th ...

As players explore, excerpts from the original Walden bubble up. USC Game Innovation Lab If players work too hard, the game’s colors fade and its music quiets to a dull heartbeat. USC Game ...

Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. What would you expect from a video game inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s sojourn in the woods? In Walden, a game, players can contemplate the ...

These open-world games invite players to slow down, reflect, and play with intention, promoting mindfulness through ...

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” These lines from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden ...