TSA writes: “With mental health becoming an unseen pandemic – even more so given the restrictions of the very visible Covid 19 one – it’s important for media and entertainment to take it seriously and find ways in which we can experience, discuss, and hopefully work towards helping those of us who suffer. Traditionally mental illness has been merely a gratuitous backstory for a villain, an excuse for a weirdly trippy level, or, most annoyingly, part of a ‘madhouse’ setting in video games. This trend has fortunately been improving in recent years with games as varied as Gris, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, and Fractured Minds all offering individual and innovative takes on the theme. Looking to join the list of recommended mental health games, Super Sexy Software (unfortunate name for the developers of a deep and immersive examination of mental illness) bring us The Shattering, a first-person story-driven psychological thriller.”
