papo & yo
PC

Too Many People Working On This Game Were The Victims Of Bullying

There’s no gameplay in this video for The Silent Enemy, the new game being made by the creators of Papo & Yo. But, as you watch the various staffers of Minority Media face the camera or talk about their roles in the game, you realise that there’s a good reason that gameplay takes a backseat.

19 April 2013

PC

The Creators of Papo & Yo Are Making A Game About Bullying

Staring today, millions more people will be able to play my favourite game of 2012. Papo & Yo — the semiautobiographical magical realism adventure that explores life with an abusive, addicted parent — comes out for PC today, after months as a PS3 exclusive.

4 January 2013

PlayStation

Why Papo & Yo Should Be Game Of The Year

Papo & Yo did something that too few games manage to do: it let me step into the life of another, actual-living-breathing person. And once I did that, I played through an experience that showed me how that person got through a painful relationship and was left with a lesson that I too could pick and use if I needed it.

13 December 2012

In Real Life

Gorgeous Games Of 2012: Papo & Yo

We’ve gotten to this point where graphical fidelity can only take you so far: to make a visually memorable game, you have to have a imagination as well.

24 August 2012

PlayStation

This Is Why You Need To Play Papo & Yo Right Now [Spoilers]

Warning: This video contains minor spoilers. It’s a rare thing to find a game you truly love and rarer still to find one that moves you emotionally. For me, Papo & Yo was that kind of game and even though it was marred by technical problems at launch, it severely impacted me and forced me to ask difficult questions of myself.

18 August 2012

In Real Life

Woman Hopes PlayStation Game About Her Abusive Dad Can Help Others

Magadly Caballero knew that her brother Vander was making a game about their alcoholic father. She’d lived through his scary rages alongside Vander. But she still wasn’t ready for how Papo & Yo would make her feel.

15 August 2012

PlayStation

Papo & Yo: The Kotaku Review

Papo & Yo is an exorcism.

9 August 2012

PlayStation

Now Even Papo & Yo Has A Live Action Trailer!

I’ve been tracking the process of Papo & Yo for a while now (despite the fact that I constantly spell it Papa & Yo by mistake). It’s eking pretty close to release now (August 14 on PSN) so I guess that means its time for the Live-Action trailer, right? Yep, despite the fact that, for the most part, only super expensive ‘AAA’ games receive that kind of treatment, Papo & Yo has a trailer with plenty of live action sequences. It’s pretty good.

1 August 2012

PlayStation

Papo & Yo Might Just Have The Prettiest Video Game Graffiti Ever

Graffiti’s played an important part in video games since early days, especially on console. Who can forget Jet Grind Radio‘s neon-colored spray paint? And, of course, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up centered its entire essence on the politics around graf writing.

20 July 2012

PlayStation

A Video Game That Feels Like A Dream

While standing behind the demo for Papo & Yo yesterday at a Sony event, watching the game in action as I waited for my turn to play, the first thing I noticed was that the main character doesn’t walk up stairs. He just sort of glides.

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