1. L.A. Noire. Why? It's the thing that has set me off into seeing a new world. I was about 6 or 7 when my sister started playing it on the PS3. I always watched her, say the decisions she made, and was just awestruck by it all. If it weren't for gaming, there'd be a huge hole in my soul. I would've never started watching YouTube, never started understanding what the world really was. When you're a kid, you can sometimes just get lost in the pretty colors and not have a clue what real issues are going on. L.A. Noire, the cop game, taught me the bad in the world too. It gave me fear, but also knowing I wouldn't be so clueless as to not realize what's happening in a bad situation. It let me know about the world around me, and understand everything more, but at the same time, confuse me. It was a new experience that helped me to learn and grow.
2. Heavy Rain. Another PS3 game that I watched my sister play, and eventually, be my first game too. What Heavy Rain did was similar to L.A. Noire, but it helped me with another issue in my life, too. This was the concept of depression. Norman Jaden, the F.B.I member in the game, helped with this concept. I never really knew what was wrong with him, since I never really payed attention to that part, but he had to take meds to help. I thought he had cancer, since my dad had to take meds due to his cancer. But I'll never forget seeing the main characters cry and get put through so much pain. It made me feel sad, knowing that people can just be put through this and no one around them can care. No one around them can help, because people are too selfish and terrible to help.
3. Fran Bow. This was a game I found when I was about 10 or 11, and it has helped me so much. It made me feel like I fit in, it made me feel like nothing was wrong with me. I have schizophrenia, and I always feel alone and like no one cares about me. But when Fran Bow came out, and I watched play throughs of it on YouTube then eventually playing it myself, it made me feel happy, knowing that I was never alone and that someone was always there if you needed them. But in those times when you really are alone, your own independence and courage will guide you through to the end of the path. You should always smile, even if you're scared, alone, or just feeling down. And in those times that you feel like you can't smile, you should always have hope knowing that there'll be an end to that tough time.
There are so many more, but these are just my top three.
