The really strong part of LiS is the immersiveness, created by a god-tier soundtrack selection, good pacing and smart camera angles for the most part. Not the best writing ever, but compelling in every way, it helped me relax a lot, the music really resonated with me.
This page is for people who sometimes get thoughts of suicide, but are not actively suicidal right now.
Hello again! This is part of a character profile series being written to break down stigma and help game fans reach out. Today, we’ll be looking at Joel from Naughty Dog’s 2013 release, The Last of Us. This is the second part of the article. You can...
Hello all, to anyone unfamiliar with this site, I’m Dr Jennifer Hazel, a psychiatry physician and advocate for the use of technology in mental health care. I’m also a passionate gamer. I write psychological profiles of game characters I find interesting, in order to break down stigma and...
The Legend of Zelda has always been an innovative, forward thinking series. Each game for me inspired a new sense of wonder, and productively built on its predecessor to create something unique. Older than I am, and yet seemingly fresh in every iteration, what Zelda has never been...
Character Psychology Discussed: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Locus of Control Suicide and Suicidality Courtesy of Santa Monica Studios Even Gods of War can become suicidal. Kratos confronts suicidality multiple times in the franchise. On one occasion he actually completes his plan by jumping from a cliff only to...
Online Gaming Addiction As great as games can be, online gaming addiction can be detrimental to your health, even if it doesn’t feel like it. APA has developed 9 criteria for characterising the proposed internet gaming disorder: Pre-occupation. Do you spend a lot of time thinking about games even...
Hate reading? CheckPoint regularly speaks about Crunch and Burnout at conventions. Check out this one from Play by Play NZ, with Dr Jennifer Hazel. What is burnout? Burnout is defined as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling cynical and detached) and low perceived efficacy (1, 2)....
