Episode 140 - BioWare and the state of mental health

Published: April 14, 2019, 10 a.m.

We all know video game development is hard even if we may not be working in it.  But it gets sad to read what Jason Schreier of Kotaku writes on BioWare's issues with managing their teams' well-being in games like Anthem and Dragon Age 4 that you just have to take a stance and make more people aware of the toll these works of art are having on its makers.  We spend a good amount of time going through that to kick things off.

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And then it's game time as I discuss my continuing Wild West adventures in Red Dead Redemption 2, my improvements to handling Apex Legends, and finally getting back into the roguelike world of games with Dead Cells!