PBS Idea Channel

Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative?

Directed by Morgan Crossley
S2 • E34    Dec 18, 2013    10m
Bullet Hell games are crazy. Their onslaught of lasers, bullets, aka DAKKA, seems overwhelming or even IMPOSSIBLE to the uninitiated. Is playing these games an elaborate and stressful mastery of patterns and strategy? Or could it instead be a form of meditation? Maybe the way to find your way through the dakka is to fall into a mental autopilot in the face of complexity, finding harmony within the haze. Is this wild overstimulation a form of modern meditation?

Where to Watch PBS Idea Channel - S2 • E34

  • Morgan CrossleyDirector
  • Mike RugnettaWriter

 

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