{"id":11169,"date":"2022-05-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-expressive-power-of-virtual-hands\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","slug":"the-expressive-power-of-virtual-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-expressive-power-of-virtual-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"The expressive power of virtual hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nWhat are your hands doing right now? They\u2019re probably playing some part in how you\u2019re able to read this text in the first place, but you likely weren\u2019t paying a lot of attention to them. Our hands are our most frequent and reliable way of interacting with the world around us, and as a result, we tend not to give them much thought.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd yet, hands are far more than just tools to get a job done. Ever since its discovery, the Cueva de las Manos in Argentina has fascinated people with the stencilled handprints of hundreds of human beings. Some of them reach out to us over a historical distance of nearly 10,000 years. There\u2019s something both mysterious and mundane, distant and intimate about this sight. We can\u2019t know the minds of the humans that left their handprints behind, but we do know that they were people like us, exploring and connected to the world around them through their hands.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Cave of Hands made its way into several video games, Psychonauts 2 and Genesis Noir among them. They\u2019re far from the only games to show appreciation for hands, and handprints in particular. Just think about how the bloody handprint on the wall has long become the tired cornerstone of environmental storytelling in countless horror and action games.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-expressive-power-of-virtual-hands\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your hands doing right now? They\u2019re probably playing some part in how you\u2019re able to read this text in the first place, but you likely weren\u2019t paying a lot of attention to them. 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