Have you tried the death stranding series? I just finished 2 yesterday. It was fantastic. In both, you can tailor your experience - skip cut scenes, drop difficulty to ‘story’ for frustrating fights, etc. But those games tell a story in a way only video games can. And all the little flourishes that emotionally connect you to your character, like rocking the controller to sooth the baby sealed in your chest pod, are so charming and affecting.
If ‘the curse’ looks good to you, Rachel Deerling’s Anathema is another take.
Alan Moore’s The Curse is in that direction.
Glenn Gould? When he’s holding forth, he seems like a Nixon impersonator doing college radio.
I got a lot out of Saundra Yancy McGuire’s books “teach students how to learn” and “teach yourself how to learn”. If your library has them, that might be the way to go. Not sure they’re meaty enough to justify a purchase.
But that said, her illustration of Bloom’s taxonomy using the story of Goldilocks could provide a week’s-worth of lessons.
I think Mega Man 2 (1988, NES) is marvelous, and still holds up. If you’re interested in arcade emulation (eg Mame), NewZealand Story is fantastic (also 1988). Good graphics for the time, great music, and cute character design.
This is lovely! A good place to find trading partners is on swap-bot(at least until the future ATC lemmy community gets some steam).