[(Title)] Chill out: a new wave of relaxing video games shows there's more to them than violence

hen it comes to video games, violence sells. It’s put front and centre in massive marketing campaigns.

在电子游戏的世界，暴力可以带来盈利。暴力是大规模营销活动的前沿和中心。视频游戏日历中最大的新闻事件，每年都充斥着很多暴力内容。

It’s saddening how much of gaming is defined solely in those terms – especially when more relaxing alternatives have being going through a mini-renaissance recently.

令人遗憾的是，有多少游戏仅仅是以这些术语来定义的——特别是当最近放松的替代方案经历了小规模的复兴时。

Chill out games that focus on growing and relaxing rather than shooting or racing are not a rarity. They are not given the same exposure as their blockbuster counterparts, but they are plentiful and popular.

放松类游戏重视心灵成长和放松，而非射杀、竞技等等。实际上，这类游戏还不少。他们没有像他们的重磅炸弹同样的曝光，但他们很丰富，很受欢迎。 

This is a game about running a farm, interacting with the locals and joining in with harvest and fishing festivals.

星露谷就是一场经营农场的游戏，玩家与当地人互动，并参加收获和渔业节。它的大受欢迎表明，人们渴望能够减轻压力的游戏，观众至少等于那些想要肾上腺素激增的人。有一个完整的视频游戏合集小部分专门从事更轻松或叙事驱动的游戏，其中很大一部分是年轻女性。虽然大型游戏制片厂主要集中于动作大片，但独立开发商正踏入创造绅士游戏的行列——比如奥布利茨，这是一个关于成长的迷人的游戏，并创建一个小型生物团队来探索世界。

People get less frustrated and stressed out, and it widens the audience.”

“人们较少受挫，压力也越小，受众也就越多。”