The Hazards of Building an Empathy Game for VR
Virtual reality seems like an incredible playing field for creators who want to put their players in someone else’s shoes. After all, you can almost literally walk in someone’s footsteps…
Posts tagged “empathy”
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Why Hellblade is Challenging for One Player With Psychosis
Read More[font_text link=”” icon=”star” color=”dark” size=”small” border=”off” spin=”off”]Content notice: Discussion of self-harm and suicide. Spoilers for Hellblade.[/font_text] When you first launch Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, the game warns you that its portrayal…
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‘Where Thoughts Go’ Will Let Us Share Our Secrets In VR
Read MoreDeveloper Lucas Rizzotto is creating a space for us to share our thoughts with the universe. Where Thoughts Go is an intimate social VR space, but not of the sort…
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Weekly INT Boost – En Route to E3
Read MoreWelcome to our roundup of the best mental health and games stories you’ve missed. This week we check in with the comic book world, consider the value of empathy games,…
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Helping Friends With Empathy Over Sympathy
Read MoreThe Power of Empathy from Gobblynne on Vimeo. A few months back, Doctor B wrote about the challenge of helping friends who are depressed for Geek & Sundry. He highlighted…
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Practice Empathy on Sad Fruit in ‘Karambola’
Read Morevia GIPHY Empathy is a lot like a muscle – the only way to build it up is with repeated effort. Sure, you can (and probably should) improve it by…
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Tabletop Roleplayers Get a Bonus to Empathy
Read MoreAfter coming down from this week’s episode of Critical Role (any other Critters in the crowd?), I spotted this interesting bit of news on Geek & Sundry: researchers have found…
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Can games foster empathy and understanding around mental health issues?
Read MoreCan a game teach us what it’s like to experience depression if we don’t or to deal with crushing poverty if we haven’t? Depending on the gaming circles you travel…