Mental Health Gaming • 12th June 2022

Wholesome Games Direct 2022

The 3rd Wholesome Direct has come and gone, and it was by far the biggest so far! Wholesome Games is a community started on Twitter in 2020, and their Wholesome Directs are independent, volunteer-run showcases highlighting indie games that are uplifting, thoughtful and compassionate.

Opening with a time lapse of a watercolour painting to soft music, Wholesome Direct set the scene for the exact vibe it was going for. Hosted by Jenny Windom (@kimchica25), with Mary Kish (@merrykish) and Josh Boyk

Mental Health Gaming • 15th March 2022

Steam Next Fest Highlights

Steam Next Fest has come and gone, and we were gifted with so many demos from so many great games. For your convenience, and your Wishlist, I played a lot of them, and will be recommending my favourites!

Farewell North is a game about restoring colour to the world. You play (mostly) as a collie, exploring the landscape. You reach glowing butterflies, and bring light to this duo-chromatic world. If an area seems inaccessible, you need to explore, as some elements of the world are missing and bro

Mental Health Gaming • 31st August 2020

Would You Search Through the Lonely Earth For Me? | Review

“Would You Search Through the Lonely Earth For Me?” is a one-player journaling role-playing game (RPG) written by Michael Whelan and Zoe Delahunty-Light. To the uninitiated, one-player journaling RPGs usually use a six-sided die or a deck of cards that act as writing prompts, according to a table, and leads you on an adventure that you can play entirely on your own.

Mental Health Gaming • 25th August 2020

Jessika | Review

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Jessika is an FMV, or Full Motion Video, game by Tritrie Games, and published by Assemble Entertainment. You are an employee of White Flower, a company that uses their abilities as hackers to access encoded files to help give families closure on loved ones.

You log into your laptop at a café, and the entire game takes place via the programs on said laptop. You are asked to look into the life of Jessika.

Mental Health Gaming • 12th August 2020

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension | Review

In 2015, Draw Me A Pixel had in their hands the winner of a Game Jam, called There Is No Game. In March of this year, they released that game. And now, in August 2020, Draw Me A Pixel have returned, as both developer and publisher, with There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension. Developed and published by Draw Me A Pixel, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is a puzzle game like no other, and a liar.

Now, you might be confused. Is there a game? Well, according to the program itself, no. There is not.

Mental Health Gaming • 28th July 2020

Maid of Sker | Review

Maid of Sker is a survival horror game set in the remote Welsh country side, at Sker Hotel. Developed and published by Welsh Interactive

You are Thomas Evans, a composer, riding a train to Sker Hotel, after receiving a cryptic letter from your beloved, Elizabeth Williams. In it she provides you with her mother’s old music box, and requests you compose a counter melody to the song it plays. What does this all mean? Well, you’re about to find out.

Mental Health Gaming • 27th July 2020

Röki | Review

Röki is an adventure game developed by Polygon Treehouse, and published by United Label and CI Games. Inspired by Scandinavian folklore, there are puzzles abound in this beautiful adventure into a dark fairy tale.

To say this game is charming, is an understatement. The art style alone is wonderous, whisking you away to a fantasy land filled with trolls, tomte and giants. You play as Tove, a young girl who has lost her mother long before the story begins, and who risks losing the rest of her fam

Mental Health Gaming • 21st July 2020

Rainswept | Review

Welcome to Pineview, an idyllic town filled with kooky characters, and – oh yes, there’s been two bodies found dead. You are Michael Stone, a life-weary detective sent to Pineview, and who is hellbent on revealing the truth behind what happened to these people. All before the yearly festival celebrations begin.

Developed and published by Frostwood Interactive and 2Awesome Partners, Rainswept was originally released for PC. Rainswept is now available on Switch, and it’s found a nice home

Mental Health Gaming • 17th July 2020

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise | Review

Hoo boy. Here we go. Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise, the sequel I can’t recall anyone asking for, is now available on Nintendo Switch, and I had the honor of playing it.

I never played Deadly Premonition myself, but I’d seen it on many YouTube videos and had garnered the gist of it, so when offered Deadly Premonition 2 I had an idea of what I was in for. I love myself a so-bad-its-good movie, and I’ve played through every ending of Hatoful Boyfriend. I am no stranger to strange.

Mental Health Gaming • 29th June 2020

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia | Review

Brigandine is back after 20 years in the shadows, in Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia. A tactical RPG developed by Matrix Software, published by Happinet for the Nintendo Switch.

In Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia, you take control of one of six different nations, with your goal being to invade neighboring nations and take over their outposts until you rule all of Runersia. You organise your command of both heroes and monsters, leveling them up, sending them on quests for weapons, armor an