Modding Mental Health

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@iamkatastrophic and @TheLittleMessenger are back after a longer mental health and pregnancy break! This time they tackle the indie classic "What remains of Edith Finch" and step into Edith's footsteps to uncover her family history. They discuss why frogs still make Messenger cry, why Kat has a different theory about Milton's death than other game theorists and how Lewis story made them feel.

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Ahoi Space Friends. This week, @iamkatastrophic and @TheLittleMessenger are joined by a very special guest who worked on the game being discussed: meet the fantastic Torben! The three of them dive deep into what this game means to them, both from a player and a creator standpoint. Do you love discussing games about memories, loops, and the chaos of physics? Then this podcast episode is the right one for you! Strap into your pilot seats, and lets launch into space together!

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Who is this Thomas and why was he alone anyway? In this episode, @iamkatastrophic and @TheLittleMessenger discuss how this game is now more relavant than 12 years ago, when it was released, since it's main topic is sentient AI. What is your favourite shape of rectangle? Let us know in the comments.

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The book we are discussing is called "A Closed and Common Orbit" by Becky Chambers

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We, once again, have the pleasure to discuss our favourite game studio: Killmonday Games! This time about their game "Little Misfortune", featuring the Little Lady Misfortune and the mysterious Mister Voice promising her Eternal Happiness. Oh and also the foxy fox Benjamin! Dive deep with iamkatastrophic and @TheLittleMessenger as they talk about glitter, a broken home and what Eternal Happiness means to them.⁠

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Kat and Messenger are back in with their first episode of 2024! And are catapulted straight back into 2003 where they chat with their friend Emily via IM - anyone remember their AIM name? Talking about friend breakups and the feeling of frustration from being controlled by the game, Emily is Away leads Kat and Messenger down the rabbit hole into the early 2000s.

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Kat and Messenger explore the emotional journey through a dying man's memories led by their amazing guest Inna (aka HelloIamInna). They discuss how much they feel seen by this Indie Game and how much they cried playing it. Enjoy this episode and thank you for listening.

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Kat and Messenger are back after a quick Summer break with this seasonal gem of a game. They talk about how a beautiful game like Firewatch instills a feeling of uneasiness and paranoia into them while they explore the awe inspiring landscape of the Shoshone National Forest.

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Hi, hello there (I'm different). Kat and Messenger took a bit of a break and are back in action with this lovely game about puzzles and a robot that is trying to kill them (and reanimate them just to kill them again). Do you trust GLaDOS?

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Episode 7 is all about a little girl who goes down a well and enters a magical (nightmare) world. Fran Bow is a point-and-click game that follows a young girl who escapes an asylum to search for her cat Mr. Midnight. Kat and Messenger talk about childhood trauma, the definition of reality and why we absolutely adore this game. Because between guilt and fear, we chose happiness.

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Works Cited: https://sonictoad.medium.com/fran-bow-and-making-sense-of-childhood-trauma-87739bc1238a (last accessed April 2023)

http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/madness-as-true-sight-in-the-cat-lady-and-fran-bow/ (last accessed April 2023)

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Mae drops out of college and returns to her home town and nobody knows why, not even Mae, not really. And then her and her old friend group find an arm after exiting the Pizza Place. WHAT? That's the starting point of "Night in the Woods". Between a beautiful art style, the gripping plot and a healthy dose of mental health conversations, the game describes the feeling of being stuck in your early 20s and figuring out how to be an adult wonderfully. Kat and Messenger are joined by the lovely Joyce aka RangerJerce who recommended this game and leads us through an interesting conversation in this podcast episode.

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