Gaming With Motion Sickness

If you’re anything like me, you love to immerse yourself in a great story. Maybe, you even wish to take part in the story. There is no better medium for this than video games. When you play video games, you are the main character. You get to influence and take part in the story. But if you’re even more like me, you get motion sick doing just about anything.

Do you stop playing games?

A good chunk of my own life has been trying figure out ways to keep the world still and keep my lunch down. Take a look at some tips I have gathered and see what games you could play if you want to completely avoid motion sickness, and I’ll also include some titles that I have overcome motion sickness to enjoy.

How to Overcome Motion Sickness

Feeling the spins coming on can feel like a mood killer. You’re enjoying your time playing video games, or doing anything, and all of sudden you’re lightheaded and need to take a break. That might just be exactly what you need to do! Take a 10 minute break, or longer, and get back to it when you’re ready!

Another way to keep this sickness at bay is to have a bubbly drink on hand (preferably non~alcoholic). My personal favorite drink to keep on hand is some sort of sparkling water. Of course, a soda or bubbly juice would work just fine.

There is also the tried and true method of chewing mint. Now, most people probably don’t have a mint plant on hand, so you might just have to settle for the next best thing. Try chewing some mint gum or use a breath mint. Peppermint is known to help with nausea, and take it from me, this is a life changing discovery in all areas of life.

What Can You Play, What Could You Play

Often games that follow your movement as the player can be dizzying. Whether it’s first or third person, a camera with a lot movement can trigger a persons motion sickness. These are typically 3D games. This means that the world surrounds the player.

The opposite of a 3D game is a 2D game. Rather than being completely in the middle of a a game’s world , you are now looking at the game from above or to the side. Typically, these titles feature a still camera. The player moves around the screen without it moving. Some great examples of 2D titles are the farming simulators Stardew Valley (pictured below) and Animal Crossing and the classic Nintendo title Super Mario Bros.

Though I may have trouble keeping my head straight when it comes to 3D games, I have found myself employing the earlier tips mentioned in the beginning in order to enjoy the games.

There is the ever classic survival game Minecraft that I have found myself enjoying over the years. Though, this is the game I have found myself having to turn away from the most. It is available on any and all gaming platforms. Next, I have found myself gravitating to the post nuclear war series Fallout. Which includes 4 3D games you may play on a console of your choosing (except for Nintendo). Fallouts earliest releases are 2D games, which are available to purchase through Steam to play on PC (or you can search for a physical copy). Lastly Sims, the life simulator, is a 3D game that takes no time at all to get used to. In fact, the camera does follow you with every movement, but allows you to watch the characters and choose when to move the camera.

With this new information, go and fire up that console, and have a good time.