Modding Mental Health

Modding Mental Health

by Kat and Messenger

Mental Health Games

Season 1

Feelings like Paper Rabbits | Feat. HelloIamInna | To the Moon

Kat and Messenger explore the emotional journey through a dying man's memories led by their amazing guest Inna (aka HelloIamInna). They discuss how much they feel seen by this Indie Game and how much they cried playing it. Enjoy this episode and thank you for listening. https://twitch.tv/helloiaminna https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Where there's Smoke, there's Paranoia | Firewatch

Kat and Messenger are back after a quick Summer break with this seasonal gem of a game. They talk about how a beautiful game like Firewatch instills a feeling of uneasiness and paranoia into them while they explore the awe inspiring landscape of the Shoshone National Forest. https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Having our Emotions Tested | Portal 2

Hi, hello there (I'm different). Kat and Messenger took a bit of a break and are back in action with this lovely game about puzzles and a robot that is trying to kill them (and reanimate them just to kill them again). Do you trust GLaDOS? https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Of Red Pills, Cats and Childhood Trauma | Fran Bow

Episode 7 is all about a little girl who goes down a well and enters a magical (nightmare) world. Fran Bow is a point-and-click game that follows a young girl who escapes an asylum to search for her cat Mr. Midnight. Kat and Messenger talk about childhood trauma, the definition of reality and why we absolutely adore this game. Because between guilt and fear, we chose happiness. https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening! Works Cited: https://sonictoad.medium.com/fran-bow-and-making-sense-of-childhood-trauma-87739bc1238a (last accessed April 2023) http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/madness-as-true-sight-in-the-cat-lady-and-fran-bow/ (last accessed April 2023)

How to Survive a Weird Heckin' Autumn | Feat. RangerJerce | Night in the Woods

Mae drops out of college and returns to her home town and nobody knows why, not even Mae, not really. And then her and her old friend group find an arm after exiting the Pizza Place. WHAT? That's the starting point of "Night in the Woods". Between a beautiful art style, the gripping plot and a healthy dose of mental health conversations, the game describes the feeling of being stuck in your early 20s and figuring out how to be an adult wonderfully. Kat and Messenger are joined by the lovely Joyce aka RangerJerce who recommended this game and leads us through an interesting conversation in this podcast episode. Please go check out RangerJerce on twitch at https://twitch.tv/RangerJerce https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Caught up in our Neverending Nightmares | Neverending Nightmares

Have you ever been stuck in a nightmare loop? The protagonist of "Neverending Nightmares" is living that reality. Kat and Messenger discuss their own nightmares and their own theories about the meaning of the game. Is this the first game that we give a low rating to? Find out more and listen now. https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Walking into Marie's Room and into our own "Teenhoods" | Marie's Room

"What you think you remember is not necessarily what really happened or how others remember it". Marie's Room opens up a plethora of conversation topics about our own teenage lives. Interestingly, we learn that Kat's and Marie's lives are more similar than Messenger could have ever thought when she recommended this game. Come join us on a journey down memory lane as we talk about teenhood friends, journaling and everything in between. https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

The Beginners Guide to Getting our Lives Together | The Beginner's Guide

(Disclaimer: Kat was battling her mic, dw, we will be back with perfect quality again next time!) This episode has it all: Tears, laughs and deep conversations, what more can you want? Kat and Messenger discuss "The Beginner's Guide" in detail as they share stories of battling their depression and have a pee break. https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!

Life is Strange but Our Opinions are Stranger | Life is Strange 1

Kat and Messenger delve deep into a discussion about how different characters in Life is Strange are portrayed as people living with different mental disorders/illnesses. They both have good and bad things to say shaped by their own background of living with different disorders. Are you surprised by their final ranking? Listen now and find out! https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth You are welcome to message Kat and Messenger on bluesky/twitter @moddingmental or per mail via moddingmentalhealth@gmail.com. Have a lovely time listening!

Are we calling this the first episode? | Modding Mental Health Podcast

In this first episode Kat (twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic) and Messenger (twitch.tv/LittleMessenger) introduce you to this new podcast. Modding Mental Health discusses the interconnections between Video Games and Mental Health. In this first episode the hosts outline the many things to come and give a little teaser about the next episode featuring "Life is Strange". https://tiktok.com/@moddingmentalhealth https://instagram.com/moddingmentalhealth https://bsky.app/profile/moddingmental.bsky.social https://twitter.com/ModdingMental https://twitch.tv/iamkatastrophic https://twitch.tv/littlemessenger JOIN OUR STEAM COMMUNITY: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ModdingMentalHealth Have a lovely time listening!