mental health
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The Best Games To Play On A Bad Mental Health Day, According To Kotaku Australia Readers
We asked Kotaku Australia readers what you like to play when your mental health drops and you answered! Here’s some of our favourite responses.
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Meditate With Screaming Grunts And Plasma Fire: Halo Sounds Are Now On the Calm App
Xbox and Calm have announced probably one of the weirdest collaborations I’ve ever heard of: meditations in video games.
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Last Call Is An Intimate Game About Healing From An Abusive Relationship
Oftentimes the gameplay loop in point-and-click adventures involves uninspired scavenger hunts for trinkets, with no time taken to fully appreciate the history of those objects. The new game Last Call tackles this shortcoming directly, making the backstory of seemingly ordinary items a core part of its gameplay and having players take an active role in…
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Video Games Can Help Treat Anxiety And Depression, New Study Reveals
A new research study out of Lero, The Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department, has highlighted how video games could help treat major mental issues including anxiety and depression.