The Gamers with Glasses Show - Episode 7: The Mental Health Episode, Part 2

In Episode 7 of The Gamers with Glasses Podcast, we discuss the games we’re playing, including Blue Fire, Red Dead Online, The Medium, We Know The Devil, Olija, and the 10mg collection. Our special topic is a continuation of our previous episode’s discussion of mental health, this time focusing on how video games represent (sometimes successfully, oftentimes poorly) mental illness. We talk about insanity mechanics in tabletop adaptations of the Lovecraft mythos and in Bloodborne; how Celeste turns depression into a gameplay mechanic; and how studios such as Nina Theory (creators of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice) have employed mental health professionals to consult on their games.

Please note: We are not mental health professionals and we're not trying to offer mental health counseling or suggest that video games can substitute for therapy or for medicine.