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Games For The Breakdown
The article discusses the release of a collection, "Games For Breakdown", which features 10 short RPGs that can't be played due to their 1-page length and challenge in being playable. This zine series has become an important touchstone for emerging Lyric Game genre on Itch with its content warning system contained within it's title "Stare Cw Self Harm" featuring literal instructions involving self harm, while others contain allegorical or metaphoric references to mental illness as a theme throughout the collection of games.
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$5.00
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5.00 (from 3 reviews)
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