Game Jamming Depression: Making sense of mental health through play
Author: Brandon Cole “What if we put one of those cliché motivational cat pictures on the back that say “hang in there” and ‘grab your dreams’” one of the students
How Streaming Improved My Mental Health
Author: J. L. Hilton I started playing Fallout 4 four years ago, in February 2016. There’s a building component to the game and I spent a lot of time crafting
Learning to Cry Again with Florence
Author: Jason Mirah In 2016 my fiancé left me. It came to me as a shock as I believed we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.
Accepting Consequences with Life is Strange
Author: Corey Leigh I played Life is Strange with two of my best friends. It’s an amazing game. It lifts you up. It tears you down. It draws you in
How Red Dead Online Helped Me Talk To My Brother About Mental Health
“It’s a nasty world out there, and it’s catching up with us…” Read Dead Redemption 2, 2019 Author: Brandon Cole It’s 2001 and a much cuter and happier me is
How Xbox Live Helped Me Go Outside
Author: Alina Bradford Just a few years ago, I was pretty much a shut-in. The clinical term is agoraphobia, but for the people around me, it looked a lot like
Finding Serenity in Chaos: Violence and Easy Mode
Author: Grace Hester Violence in video games has always been a contentious issue, especially lately. It’s created a sort of stigma that’s been very difficult, if not impossible, for games
What Remains of Edith Finch – How Family Can Build Us Up and Tear Us Down
Author: Caitlin Burns Throughout history, the concept of family has always been a central part of our lives. From autobiographies to Twitter threads, we like to share tales from our