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Safe In Our World and BAFTA to Host Games Industry Mental Health Summit

Posted: 21 Apr 2023

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Student Toolkit Launched in Collaboration with Grads in Games

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Jun

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Sidekick: The Video Games Mental Health Journal

Safe In Our World and Peregrine Coast Press present Sidekick: The Video Games Mental Health Journal Sidekick: The Video Games Mental Health Journal is both a journal and a resource focused on improving the mental health of those in the...

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May

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Supporting Mental Health Through Flexible Work

Guest post by Farah Ali, SEO & Content Lead at Flexa Careers The demand for flexibility has increased over the past few years, with a staggering 80% of games industry professionals expressing their desire to work flexibly, and it’s been...

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May

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Norwich University Students Mental Health Games Showcase

In January 2023, Norwich University of the Arts game students were given an extended live brief in collaboration with Safe In Our World linked to the positive impact that nature has on well-being. The students ranging across specialisms including game...

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May

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Speakers for Mental Health Games Summit with BAFTA Announced

This May 22nd, we are partnering with arts charity BAFTA to host a mental health summit for games industry professionals, and we’re delighted to announce the speakers and sessions we have planned. Taking place at BAFTA’s iconic London headquarters at...

28
Apr

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How AI and Biofeedback are Helping Players Manage Stress and Anxiety

AI is all the buzz since the recent launch of Chat GPT. Since then, the integration of AI in various industries is being recognized everywhere, including the mental health and stress management space. Many mental health technology applications have already...

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Apr

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Hub World: Stress Relieving Games and Tips from our Community

Hub World is back, and this month we’re looking to our community for their suggestions for Stress Awareness Month. More specifically, which stress relieving games would they recommend, and what helps keep their stress levels from bubbling over? Stress is...

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Apr

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Safe In Our World and BAFTA to Host Games Industry Mental Health Summit

We are thrilled to be partnering with arts charity BAFTA to host a mental health summit for games industry professionals. Taking place at BAFTA’s iconic London headquarters at 195 Piccadilly, London from 9.00 am BST on Monday 22nd May, attendees...

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Apr

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Mind-wandering and Meandering through Video Games

Ever since video games have existed, so have the questions about whether they help or hurt stress levels of players. Do shooters bring a chance for catharsis after a long day, or do they just spike your adrenaline? Can getting...

11
Apr

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Play Your Way 2023

Play Your Way is back for another year, and this Mental Health Month, Safe In Our World is asking the video games community to come together and play the games that mean the most to them whilst raising vital funds...

1
Apr

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Stress Awareness

Stress is a feeling known to us all – how can we learn more about our own stressors and how to cope? If you’ve ever played Dark Souls, you’ve likely experienced what stress is. Stress causes physical changes in the...

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Mar

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A violent allegory of depression: an interview about OTXO

We had the chance to interview Nate Haddock, developer of OTXO, about how he created a game depicting his own struggles with depression. The Interview Rosie [R]: Can you tell us about OTXO and what it’s about? Nate [N]: Basically...

28
Mar

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A Touching Gesture: Hand Movements and Loss in Videogames

This is an excerpt from ‘A Touching Gesture: Hand Movements and Loss in Videogames‘, written by Dr Emma Reay, shared with permission. Please click the link to read the full article. Warning: Heavy Spoilers for ‘Brothers: A Tale of Two...

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Mar

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To grieve deeply… Loss and Healing in God of War Ragnarök

Stories of Norse Myths have been retold time and time again. Books have been written and rewritten telling slight variations of tales about these long living, youth filled deities. However one constant across these retellings is Ragnarök. Across all these...

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Mar

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Grief, Bullying, Failed Grades and Why I Am Better for It

I was born and raised smack in the middle of Nairobi City. Yes! The same Nairobi Alba Flores embodied in the acclaimed Netflix series Money Heist. The capital city of Kenya. During the first decade of my life, we lived...

23
Mar

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How to support yourself and others when dealing with loss

In this interview, Rosie speaks to Dany Bell, RGN, MSc and member of our Clinical Advisory Board about grief, guilt, and how to support yourself and others during times of loss. It’s important to know strategies to not only take...

17
Mar

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15 Games About Death and Grief

In this article we’ll be highlighting a number of games which tackle death, grief and loss in the narratives that they tell. Spoiler Warning: Please note that there will be spoilers within this article mentioned regarding to their justification on...

12
Mar

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Introducing Discord Discussions on our Safer Together Discord

We’re thrilled to introduce Safe In Our World Discord Discussions, which will be hosted on our Safer Together Discord Server! The Discussions will be exploring the ins and outs of the games industry from a variety of speakers, in a...

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Mar

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Shared Memories are Tantamount to Immortality: To the Moon’s Advocacy for Conversation When Our Loved Ones Leave Us

When my mother died two days after Christmas in 2020, I could not fathom that another person could understand the intense grief I felt, and continue with their lives as if nothing had happened. To me, it seemed disrespectful that...

8
Mar

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International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day, and we want to use today to highlight the change that we need to see within the games industry to better uplift women. Women make up almost 50% of gamers across the world, yet account...

1
Mar

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Death & Bereavement

This month, we’re focusing on Death and Bereavement, and how we can use games to supplement healing during times of grief and vulnerability. We’ll be highlighting grief-specific resources to support people, looking at games that explore death in a positive...

28
Feb

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The Charity Bundle Sold Out In Less Than 24 Hours

Last week we were completely blown away from the response to our Charity Bundle 2023, which sold out in less than 24 hours. On Thursday afternoon we launched our biggest ever Charity Gaming Bundle, with over 20 games, (worth over...

23
Feb

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Grab over $500 worth of games for $12 in our Charity Bundle 2023!

We’re thrilled to launch our biggest ever Charity Gaming Bundle, which is available right now! Safe In Our World’s 2023 charity gaming bundle features a collection of indie hits and hidden gems, totalling over 20 games. The bundle, which is...

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Feb

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How To Be More Neuro-Inclusive at Work

This month’s focus for the Safe In Our World team has been looking at neurodiversity and how it intersects with our mental health. In this interview, we spoke to Dom Shaw from Ukie’s Raise The Game about being neuro-inclusive at...

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Feb

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Deltarune Refuses to Leave People with Autism Behind—And We Should Take Notes

“The tragedy is not that we’re here, but that your world has no place for us to be” Jim Sinclair passionately declares in his essay “Don’t Mourn For Us”. From anti-vaccine activists purporting autism as a malignant side effect from...

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