Whether this is into the awkward teenage years of Mord and Ben in Wide Ocean Big Jacket, the grandparent-escaping Tiger and Bee in Kissy Kissy, the fractured heartbroken body in Gris or the haphazard movement of Octodad we have a chance to reassess our own physicality and how we respond to and treat other people's physicality. Stepping into the shoes of a vulnerable, small or endangered character can help us understand for a short while some of what it is like to be someone else. This is not only an enjoyable way to escape the reality of daily life but a chance to reflect on and understand ourselves, and our bodies, better. Whether we step into the powerful frame of a trained marksman or brave adventurer, while we play we have a different sense of our physicality.
Video games offer an opportunity to inhabit another body. Playing these games with young people, and answering questions they might have along the way, can be a useful starting point for important conversations about grief." They can help show the player that they are not alone in what they are going through. "The games we have selected don't necessarily offer an ideal way to cope with death but tackle the topic of death openly and with a positive attitude. With these games, players may find valuable space in which to acknowledge grief as a completely normal reaction to bereavement." "To help children cope with loss, it is important that they receive honest explanations about death, appropriate to their level of understanding. "We express grief in different ways depending on our age," they said. By focusing on the intersection between gaming and mental health, they want to raise awareness of mental health challenges and reduce the stigma surrounding these issues. I've come up with some games that explore this topic, along with help and suggestions from Gaming The Mind ( Twitter), an organisation of UK-based mental health professionals who aim to promote positive mental health within the gaming community. But also, games can provide a helpful space in which to process, consider and understand death and loss. This means that some care is necessary if players are sensitive to losing significant people. It's a port of a mobile game and does seem to slightly suffer for that, making wrapping a bit more awkward than it might be with a made-for-PC interface, but it's still certainly worth a go.Games include interactions, narratives and characters dealing with all aspects of life (and death). I enjoy getting to see objects both as collections of individual parts to cover and as a whole.
The objects themselves are pleasant to look at, as is the way the paint spreads.
The string creaks as you stretch it out, as unsecured bits slowly drag across an object's surface.
If you take a wonky approach, hey, you can always unwrap it, reeling the string back in. You turn objects over, planning your best approach, looking for a corner that might helpfully snag the string, or a groove that'll be easily to fill. You're just trying to cover enough of their surface, really - the paint is a handy visualisation. The goal is to paint them by wrapping them in string which spreads paint to parts it touches. Zen Bound 2's wooden models are things animals, geometric shapes, and posing people. It's a slow, methodical puzzle game about wrapping small wooden objects in string, studying their form, picking an efficient approach, carefully binding it, looping around nails, and finishing off with a small knot. You may very well own Zen Bound 2, as it's been in two Humble Bundles, but have you played it? Next time you fancy a calming game, perhaps give it a whirl.
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