{"id":170946,"date":"2019-10-30T23:21:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1808907\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:21:47","slug":"ninja-theorys-insight-project-gamifies-mental-health-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/30\/ninja-theorys-insight-project-gamifies-mental-health-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Theory\u2019s Insight Project Gamifies Mental Health Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hellblade-Senuas-Sacrifice-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>I was skeptical as the next person when I kept hearing that a game called <em>Hellblade: Senua&#8217;s Sacrifice<\/em> was in fact an empathetic interactive depiction of living with mental illness. <em>Hellblade<\/em>. But then I played it, and while I\u2019m no mental health expert, I totally see how the game was the result of Ninja Theory collaborating with mental health experts. The combat was pretty good, too.<\/p>\n<p>And now Ninja Theory, flush with Microsoft cash to spend, is keeping that collaboration going with The Insight Project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IZUBbMkOC2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>With the untrustworthy visuals and intimate sinister voices in your head, <em>Hellblade<\/em> used the power of video game design to try to get the player to feel the mental illness of the character. But it was still ultimately a fantasy action game. It seems like the Insight Project wants to further those ideas but make the mental health research the priority, with the game design tools ultimately in service of that goal. It\u2019s about using the power and creativity of this new technology to rethink our approach to healing the brain, an issue as old as humanity itself.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve these admirable and lofty goals, Ninja Theory is working with the same professionals they conscripted for <em>Hellblade<\/em>, including Paul Fletcher, Psychiatrist and Professor of Health Neuroscience at University of Cambridge. However, the potentially years-long project is still in its early stages. They\u2019re actively recruiting. So if you\u2019re interested, <a href=\"https:\/\/theinsightproject.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">check out their website<\/a> to learn more about how to get onboard.<\/p>\n<p>For more on gaming and mental health, here\u2019s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/study-suggests-gaming-disorder-is-not-real-1808271\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">gaming addiction might not actually be a thing<\/a>. And read our original review of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/hellblade-has-me-more-excited-to-play-god-of-war-1711859\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hellblade: Senua\u2019s Sacrifice<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hellblade-Senuas-Sacrifice-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>I was skeptical as the next person when I kept hearing that a game called Hellblade: Senua&rsquo;s Sacrifice was in fact an empathetic interactive depiction of living with mental illness. Hellblade. But then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/ninja-theorys-insight-project-gamifies-mental-health-research-1808907\/\">Ninja Theory&rsquo;s Insight Project Gamifies Mental Health Research<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/30\/ninja-theorys-insight-project-gamifies-mental-health-research\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2054,2,2553,2047,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Itc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171022,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170946\/revisions\/171022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}