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Honest question: what's interesting in a hugging game? Children are playing games partly because they're competitive, and fighting is a simple way of competing. How can you do this with hugs?

There are plenty of fun activities that involve cooperation rather than competition. Building a bridge instead of blowing it up, for example.

Kids are generally pretty enthusiastic about such things as well until it is socialized out of them.

I always wanted to be able to play a version of Red Dead Redemption where you just build a homestead, ride your horse and play through the story with no killing.

Yeah. I've taken a few breaks on RDR2 where I put the shotties away and just go fishing for a couple days. So peaceful. I haven't played in nine months, need to fire the Xbox back up again.

If you're looking for a more gamey-version of this concept, check out Kind Words. I'm a big fan of it!