WARNING: This episode deals heavily with loss, and mentions of death, grief, and suicide ideation. Please take care of yourselves as you are listening through.

Slight Spoilers for: Ghost of Yotei

We get fully in our feels this week as Tim joins us to chat about grief in video games! We go for a full mask off discussion of how video games have affected our lives, in both good and bad. I’d love for you to join us as we share some of the defining moments of our lives that surround video games. Also, this is a heavy episode. Please take care while listening, and don’t be worried to take a break if needed.

Games we talked about this week: Ghost of Yotei

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Article of the Week: Unraveling Grief: Design Space Analysis of Death-themed Games

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