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10 games to help kickstart conversations about mental health
Video games are designed to entertain. They can be fun, challenging, exciting, comforting, and healing. They can transport us to fantastical realms, and virtual interpretations of real-world locations alike with just the click of a button. Against more traditional media, such as TV and books, video games are also uniquely placed to educate and inform by virtue of interactivity – which puts them in a great position to explore sensitive, interpersonal themes and subjects, such as mental health.