The Kids We Were was a hard game for me to get through. Not because of any tricky puzzles or skill demands—it’s a “walking sim”, at heart—but because of something far more challenging: its raw, unflinching honesty. It’s a game that deals with some heavy themes, handled with care but …
Content warning: this post includes discussion and personal accounts of domestic violence. Talking about domestic violence is difficult. Even in 2015, there’s a pervasive attitude that the affairs of the home are just that, and have no right to be discussed in public. And when they are, it’s so often with an individualistic attitude – …
