MUP Ep 346 – March Madness Part 2 w/ Keeper Mav

About this episode

The episode discusses the use of mental health themes in horror gaming with guest Mav Haenze.

This episode, Keepers Bridgett and Evan welcome bestselling creator, Mav Haenze, back onto the show to explore ways that mental health, sanity and madness are used and misused in horror gaming, and ways that Keepers, players and writers can use them in the future to maximize the fun and the horror! Patreon Plug & Update Dear listeners! We have a patreon. Our patreon is how we pay our editors, our hosts, our editing software, the podcast hosting service, the podcast recording service, spam filters, and more. I know that we don’t like to discuss money, but it costs money to keep this show alive.  Our Patreons literally keep the lights on and make this show possible. So if you love this content, and you want to keep it alive, we ask that you visit patreon.com/MUP and subscribe to be a backer.  And if financial support isn’t in the cards right now, you can spread the good word of MUP in your communities by sharing a link and heaping glowing praise upon us where others can see. And furthermore, you can hang out with us on Discord! The Discord Plug Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bridgett, Evan

Guest: Mav Haenze

Topics covered

• mental health
• sanity
• madness
• horror gaming
• game design

Keywords

• mental health
• horror gaming
• sanity
• madness
• game design
• Miskatonic University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miskatonic University Podcast

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