From the sacred rituals of online communities to the moral dilemmas of post-apocalyptic worlds, this section explores how games mirror — and shape — human psychology. Discover how cognition, emotion, identity, and storytelling collide in digital spaces, revealing what play can teach us about ourselves, our culture, and the worlds we build together.
Someone Was Listening: Dodie, Life Is Strange, and the Terror of Letting Someone In
A psychological analysis of Dodie’s “Someone Was Listening” from Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, exploring vulnerability, trust, Safi, Max Caulfield, emotional defences, and the fear of being helped.