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New Video! Hellblade's Mechanics Tell a Deeper Story Than You Might Think (Patreon)

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2017-08-20 03:14:03

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Hey everyone!

Just letting you know that the new video is now available! This one takes a look at Hellblade and how its mechanics, while not particularly "fun" in the traditional sense, use their mundanity to tell an important part of Senua's story that I haven't seen many people touch on.

Just a heads up: this game touches on some really dark themes to do with severe mental illness. If you're sensitive to portrayals of that, you may want to proceed with caution.

I just want to thank you so much for your continued support. I like being able to weave a little of my personal life into these videos to change things up and while it may not be algorithm-friendly, it really doesn't matter. You allow me to keep doing this, to try new things with my writing. I'm so excited for what's to come!

There may be another video this month, but it's dependent on a lot of things. Needless to say, if it does come this month, you won't be charged for it :)

Anyway, thanks again and I really hope you enjoy the video!

Hamish

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Hellblade's Mechanics Tell a Deeper Story Than You Might Think

I try to avoid major spoilers here. Also, this game tackles some pretty heavy themes and subjects regarding mental health issues. Just a heads up. Twitter - http://twitter.com/hamboblack Patreon - http://patreon.com/writingongames Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice could have presented itself as a fun action game where the character sees things and hears voices. To do so would be to rely on a surface level misunderstanding of the psychosis so central to the game's narrative. Instead, developer Ninja Theory went the other way, forcing you to work through mundane mechanics in order to convey a crucial but rarely talked about facet of Senua's condition; allowing Hellblade to go further than any other game in its representation of severe mental health issues. Its mechanics don't just get you thinking symbolically; they get you experiencing symptomatically. --- Podcast (iTunes) - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... (RSS) - http://writingongamescast.libsyn.com/rss Intro Text Provided by Lashman - https://twitter.com/RobotBrush --- The piece on Klaus Conrad I reference - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800156/ --- Thank you so, so much for your continued support. You all mean the world to me.