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Cyclothymia shows us how to deal with a mental health issue through astrology

30 Apr 2015 2 min read News

This is not the first time Kara Stone has talked about mental health through a videogame. Previously, she had us participate in the rituals that her doctor prescribed—taking medicine, breathing exercises, practising absolute somatic control—in MedicationMeditation. Now, with her latest game, Cycloth

The stormy world of Three Fourths Home has drama, cornfields

13 Apr 2015 4 min read Review

An interactive story about family and feeling lost.

Playing The Quiet Year, a tabletop game about building communities

19 Feb 2015 7 min read Article

Where contempt is a mechanic.

The Great Emoticon turns old AIM conversations into a Zelda game

06 Nov 2014 1 min read News

If the faces of the AOL Instant Messenger conversations of yore were to attain sentience and corporeal forms, the design of the post-apocalyptic world of The Great Emoticon is arguably what that reality would look like. The trailer released by developer Hit That Switch last week looks to be another

What happens when computers can tell how we’re feeling?

03 Nov 2014 4 min read Article

Games will soon use new 3D camera technology to pull our emotions into play.