Mental Health

Feature

10 Ways Games Positively Shape Our Lives

Games for good

Opinion

How Video Games Have Become a Third Place

Social adaptation in modern times

Feature

The Literary Playground: Top Online Word Games to Sharpen Your Mind

Games for health

Opinion

Celeste: Anxiety and Synthesis

There's more to the journey than just climbing

Opinion

Grief and the Stories That Connect Us

The journey of grief with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Feature

Level Up Your Gaming Happiness

Using neurochemistry to understand how you can make gaming better

Opinion

Finding Catharsis in Cuphead's Inkwell Isle

Time to roll the dice

Review

NeverAwake Offers Unique Visuals and Little Victories With a Twin-Stick Shooter

Fighting to wake up against the tomato dragons

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Making Self-Care Fun

How MIT are leveraging game design principles to combat depression

Opinion

Unlocking Flow: An Afternoon at the Arcade

Outrunning anxiety

Feature

Your Brain on Video Games

Here’s what the research says

Opinion

Omocat's Comforting Fantasies

Omori's complex tale expands the world of its source material