I'll be honest, the past two and a half years have not been my favorite. Some amazing things have happened for sure, but as a person who gathers much of my mental health energy from in-person events…
November 18, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Gaming mental health charity Safe In Our World is celebrating its third birthday today (which is also World Mental Health Day, and that's no coincidence). To mark this auspicious occasion, Safe In…
October 10, 2022 | 08:45 EDT
Riot Games has teamed up with mental health charity Take This in order to support the mental health of its community and its content creators. The partnership will initially involve a series of…
September 2, 2022 | 12:29 EDT
The first month of Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted has been an emotional rollercoaster both in terms of gameplay and story content. Major characters have become the focus for some insightful…
June 21, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
High school graduates interested in studying game design may wish to pursue a degree in the field and get hands-on experience with coding, writing, and programming games. At PAX East back in April, I…
June 21, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
Gaming mental health charity Safe In Our World has announced a number of new initiatives to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. They include Play Your Way, a campaign intended to encourage…
May 11, 2022 | 09:41 EDT
New research from the UK's Mental Health Foundation charity has identified five key areas in which developers, publishers, and other gaming companies need to do more in order to help gamers' mental…
February 28, 2022 | 08:00 EST
Gaming mental health charity Safe In Our World has launched a brand new bundle. The Winter Blues Bundle consists of 13 games and 2 DLC packs and will go live later this week, with the proceeds all…
February 2, 2022 | 09:39 EST
If you like your games experimental, then Cowleyfornia Studios has a treat for you. We'll Always Have Paris is a "short narrative experience" about a relationship in which your partner is suffering…
January 17, 2022 | 09:51 EST
We're not even two full weeks into 2022 and it is still maddening just how many great video games came out last year. But my mind kept going back to one title in particular, one that managed to…
January 12, 2022 | 01:00 EST
Failure is the status quo in Hades. Focusing on its lead character Zagreus, this Greek mythology-inspired roguelike by Supergiant Games is built around how its main protagonist consistently loses. As…
August 12, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Tabletop gaming is a great hobby. It leads to a lot of fun with the right people, but there's been a non-profit organization that sees this hobby as a means for mental healing. They are The Bodhana…
May 28, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
To say 2020 was an arduous year would be an understatement. It thrust many of us, myself included, into situations we would never have imagined otherwise. The need for escapism was high. How could a…
May 26, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Since I was a child, I’ve struggled with chronic depression. I’ve seen many therapists over the years regularly and am currently seeing a great one, but for me, depression is a thing I seem to fall…
May 27, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a struggle for everybody. It’s been a nightmarish concoction of anxiety, depression, and panic for a lot of people, myself included. We couldn’t even go outside for…
May 14, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
This blog post is going to be different than what we/I usually share, but the importance of Mental Health awareness cannot be stressed enough. It’s worth noting that some information below could be…
May 13, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Next month, the mental health gaming charity Safe In Our World is holding a major fundraising event. Safer Together aims to promote discussion around mental health issues in gaming and remove stigmas…
April 30, 2021 | 10:03 EDT
In a year of loss and grief, Lost Words: Beyond the Page came at an eerily good time. Written by Rhianna Pratchett (Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge), this unique little platformer was initially released…
April 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
In Sound Mind is a psychological horror game that takes you deep into the human psyche, forcing you to come face to face with physical manifestations of mental health struggles while navigating a…
March 24, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
A new global mental health charity launches today to help tackle issues around gaming and mental wellbeing. The charity is called Safe In Our World and it's launching to commemorate World Mental…
October 10, 2019 | 06:25 EDT
Some of the hardest subjects to tackle in the video game medium are ones that hit the closest to home. Even subjects that have been constantly approached by other media such as television and movies…
March 25, 2019 | 04:56 EDT