3
Feb

News

Safe In Our World team up with Football Manager 2023

Sports Interactive have joined Safe In Our World as a new Level Up Partner, alongside a collaboration showcasing the charity in Football Manager 2023. It’s fantastic to see in-game activations supporting the charity, and driving the conversation surrounding mental health...

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1
Feb

News

The Sims Update Adds Medical Wearables, Binders and More

The Sims have announced a new update that will see Medical Wearables, Top Surgery Scars, Binders and Shapewear – a huge win for representation within the game. In the most recent update, The Sims have now confirmed new categories that...

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1
Feb

News

Neurodiversity & Mental Health

This month, we’re focusing on neurodiversity and how it intersects with our mental health. We will highlight mental health resources specifically supporting the needs of neurodiverse folk, as well as detail our activities across the month. What is neurodiversity? According...

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26
Jan

News

New (And Expanding) Horizons: How Animal Crossing’s Character Creation Update Promotes the Peaceful, Easygoing Existence of BIPOC in Gaming

The date is March 20, 2020. I, like you, was indefinitely confined to my room, and palpably anxious of what the future held for me, my loved ones–the entire world, even. The four walls of my room had otherwise caved...

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23
Jan

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Conquering Imposter Syndrome and Embracing My Identity as a Black Game Developer

Part of my childhood in the 90s involved going to the computer store with my Dad and picking out PC games on floppy disks. Back then, when YouTube didn’t exist, when there were no trailers or gameplay videos to watch,...

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20
Jan

News

Me, Myself and Life Is Strange: True Colors

Alex Chen is a bisexual Chinese-Vietnamese American, starting a new life in fictional Colorado town Haven Springs with her brother Gabe after a troubling experience with the foster system. Michelle Ridge is a non-binary Filipino American, born and raised in...

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19
Jan

News

Leveling the Playing Field in BIPOC Mental Health

For this month’s theme, we’re focusing on BIPOC mental health, and how we can better support and uplift under-represented groups in the games industry. We’re delighted to parner with BiG to create our new diversity initiative: Leveling the Playing Field...

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9
Jan

News

BIPOC Mental Health

This month, we’re focusing on BIPOC mental health in collaboration with Black Twitch UK, and will highlight mental health resources specifically supporting the needs of BIPOC folk, as well as detail our activities across the month. BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous,...

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22
Dec

News

How Skyrim’s open world helped me through my Seasonal Affective Disorder

My teenage years were a cycle: agonising winters and blissful summers. As the nights grew longer–and the cold of winter started to bite–I’d find myself struggling with sleep, experiencing low moods and anxiety. And, at least for a while, I...

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14
Dec

News

Taking ‘The Longest Walk’ with Sandy (Interview)

In this interview, we speak to Sandy Tarvet, developer of the game The Longest Walk, about the process of developing such a personal and emotional experience. In October 2022, Safe In Our World travelled to sunny Glasgow to attend Scottish...

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14
Dec

News

Announcing our DASEC Members

We’ve recruited 6 lay members to join our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Stakeholder Engagement Committee (DASEC)! The DASEC will review Safe In Our World’s policies, strategy and activities, and support us in consistently positively addressing these issues. Meet...

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13
Dec

News

Staff Picks: December Games

We wanted to embrace talking about the individual connection that players have to the games that they play, and why. So, we’re sharing our staff picks of the games we’ve been diving into this December, and the reasons why. Benn...

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9
Dec

News

Ease your winter woes with a virtual wellness walk

There’s a lamp on my desk that belongs to my dad. I’ve had it for years, and while I don’t recall exactly when I acquired it, it spends half the year switched off and the other half on. At the...

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8
Dec

News

Our Ambassador Class of 2023

We’re delighted to present our Ambassador Class of 2023 for Safe In Our World. We’ve selected 25 outstanding individuals advocating for mental health, each bringing with them a unique set of skills and ideas to further the mission of the...

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1
Dec

News

December: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

This month, we’re looking at Seasonal Affective Disorder, or “SAD”. Sometimes this is referred to as “winter depression”, but SAD can affect people during any season – they may experience depression during the summer months and feel better during winter,...

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24
Nov

News

How Video Games Connect Chronically Ill People At Home

How do games connect chronically ill people? Due to the isolation of COVID-19, especially during the early stages of the pandemic, playing video games became much more than just a pastime. Research by Ofcom found that 62% of UK adults...

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23
Nov

News

Safe In Our World Announces 3rd Annual Charity Bundle for 2023

We’re delighted to announce our annual charity games bundle will be launching on February 23rd 2023, and we already have a fantastic list of partners who are supporting it. We will be once again be partnering with the lovely team...

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22
Nov

News

Staff Picks: November Games

This month we wanted to embrace talking about the individual connection that players have to the games that they play, and why. So, we’re sharing our staff picks of the games we’ve been diving into this November, and the reasons...

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11
Nov

News

Finding a Kneesy Mode

Earlier this year a physiotherapist told me that the way I stood on my feet was incorrect. I’d been doing it wrong for almost thirty years. Not just wrong, actually, but harmful to my ankles, knees, and back. My legs...

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4
Nov

News

Can VR assist in pain management?

We’ve caught wind of a VR game designed to help with pain management, and couldn’t help but look further into it. The School of Art & Design at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture have designed a game called Finding Home,...

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1
Nov

News

November: Chronic Illness

It’s a new month, and our theme is looking at the effects that chronic illness and chronic pain can have on our mental health. A chronic or long-term illness means having to adjust to the demands of the illness and...

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26
Oct

News

£50,000 More Free Mental Health Training for the Games Industry

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new series of mental health training courses that we are offering for free to individuals in the games industry and wider community. The £50,000 worth of bespoke training, created and delivered...

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14
Oct

News

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Stakeholder Engagement Committee (DASEC)

We are looking for members for our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility and Stakeholder Engagement Committee (DASEC) at Safe In Our World. Safe In Our World (SIOW) is searching for six individuals who share a passion for the areas of...

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10
Oct

News

Become a Safe In Our World Ambassador – Class of 2023

As part of our 3rd birthday, we are delighted to announce the brand new Safe In Our World Ambassador Programme which is now open for applications. Ambassadors will be representatives of Safe In Our World, championing our message across various...

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