Games for Mental Health: a Growing Trend
Games addressing mental health are a growing part of the marketplace, and a growing topic of research. Take This’ Eve Crevoshay and Dr. B discuss what’s exciting and interesting about…
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Six Years Ago Today…
Read MoreCONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide Six years ago today, Matt Hughes, a freelance games journalist and colleague of Take This’ founders, took his own life. It was a tragedy made…
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What Kingdom Hearts Taught Me About Handling Mental Illness
Read More“Yeah, there’s darkness inside me, just like you said. But darkness is my enemy! And you are, too, for making everything around here reek of it!“” -Riku, Kingdom Hearts 2.5…
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Self-Care and Streaming: Taking Time Off
Read MorePopular YouTube creator Jacksepticeye recently announced that he is taking a break. He cited several reasons, including finding less joy in creating videos, fears of diminished quality of his work,…
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MORE THAN CHARACTER STATS & ABILITY SCORES: WHY VIOLENCE IS SO HARD TO PREDICT
Read MoreIt’s hard to go a day without hearing about another violent incident: a local robbery, a public brawl, a school shooting. Disturbing events hit media platforms and spread like wildfire.…
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Suicide is a Scourge
Read MoreToday, news broke that the world lost one of my heroes to suicide. I love food and cooking with a passion, and Anthony Bourdain was responsible for that in no…
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Take “Take Your Pills” With a Grain of Salt
Read MoreIn the first 30 seconds of the Netflix documentary Take Your Pills, we hear about the troubling physical effects of stimulant medication, followed quickly with credits featuring images of skulls…
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How One Streamer’s Fight Against Stigma Inspired a Future Overwatch Pro
Read MoreAt Take This, we believe in the power of sharing our stories — the power of showing people that they’re not alone. The story of Lucas “Mendokusaii” Håkansson, an Overwatch…