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While I strongly agree about the necessity of physical play, I disagree that games in general lack the things you are listing. 3 dimensional space: There are p

While I strongly agree about the necessity of physical play, I disagree that games in general lack the things you are listing. 3 dimensional space: There are plenty of puzzle games focused on challenging the player to understand how 3D spaces (or higher) are connected. Emotional play: This is one of the main focuses of many RPG:s as well as interactive fiction. Visual imagination: Many games have this at least as a component. I'd say any city building games, The Sims, Conway's Game of Life.

freeflight 10y ago
>3 dimensional space/visual imaginiation These do not even require puzzle/building games, most video games that require the player to move trough a 3D virtual environment train the players ability to "mentally rotate objects" and for "visual imagination" (gotta build a map in your head of that virtual place), in this case the games world. Many people who regularly play games don't realize this, but keeping oriented in a virtual space is not something many people are good with by nature. It only feels natural to many gamers because they are used to it. And I'd say anything that involves some kind of "multiplayer" can add emotional play, even more so in games that require coordination between several players on a bigger scale, like MMORPGs. The social drama I've witnessed in games like WoW is some of the worst drama I've ever seen ;)