They are admired, and successful, in their communities. I know a few people who have the Thank You Game down pat. Of course, making this a daily ritual is going to change most of us. Spot the Strength: What good did you see in the person you were thanking?”.Acknowledge the Effort: What might have been hard for the person you are thanking?.Find the Benefit: What good came to you as a result of the person you are thanking (how did that help you)?.Kelly and Jane put together a simple three-step process to help people express their gratitude with more authenticity, connection, and impact…. Strengthening the habit of gratitude also opens our heart and nurtures more compassion.
Presumably, one would want to express gratitude for its own sake – not just because you can reduce stress, get a better sleep, and boost your immune function. Kelly’s research highlighted that the health benefits of gratitude increase exponentially when we express our gratitude and not just feel it. “The intention of the Thank you Game is to help increase the practice of gratitude in a playful way (as a game!). (Video not displaying? Watch it here, on YouTube) Here’s a promo clip for the game, from the McGonigals: The McGonigal sisters teamed up to create something they call the Thank You Game. Julia credits the McGonigal sisters, Kelly McGonigal (health psychologist) and Jane McGonigal (game designer) for the idea. Thank you Julia! I thought it appropriate to share it, given it’s Thanksgiving Day in the US, today. And seeing as this isn’t the sort of game that the people who like to complain about all of those damned social justice warriors ruining their games would even play there’s little need for them to moan.A couple of years ago, I learned about The Thank You Game via local mediator colleague, Julia Menard. It’s rare – or rather – impossible to find a game that caters exclusively to gay men, and it would be great to see more. As far as I’m concerned, this is pretty cool. The settings affect both how sprites are displayed and CGs.”įor anyone interested, you can see more, and pre-order the game from its official site. The settings menu allows you to adjust how much hair is displayed on a per-character basis. “Yes, you read that right, No, Thank You!!! lets you adjust the amount of body hair displayed on the characters. Interestingly, it’ll even have a feature that allows players to customise the visible body hair. It also has lots of male fondling, kissing and perhaps, even genuine romance.
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Like those games, it includes some rather explicit images, including full on penetration – but unlike the Japanese releases, they won’t be all pixellated and blocked out. But just who is Haru really…?”Īs with other visual novels, which tend to focus on heterosexual relationships, this one deals exclusively with male homosexual ones. He gradually makes his way deeper into the organization, and the hearts and lives of the staff, while working as an apprentice bartender. The staff there give our protagonist the name “Haru”. Out of sympathy for his hapless savior, the man decides to set him up with a job and a place to live.įrom the outside, sitano looks like a cozy little jazz bar, but behind the scenes they solve problems that the police and legitimate detective agencies won’t touch. The man he saved happens to be the owner of a jazz bar, sótano. “Our protagonist protects a man from an out of control car, but gets hit and loses his memory in the process.
Here’s what the games official site says of the game: It’s the story of a young man named Haru, who’s lost his memory in some sort of accident. A Japanese dating visual novel, No, Thank You!!! Was released in Nippon last year, but it’s now getting a Western, English release. In fact, the headline stems from the name of a brand new game, actually called No Thank You!!!, that’s the first – to my mind – fully fledged homosexual dating sim. Oh look at that headline! You’d imagine I was homophobic reading that – but nothing could be further from the truth.
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