Papo & Yo (Game)

Title: Papo & Yo

Series Identifier: n/a

Format: Video Game

Genre:

  • Action
  • Adventure

Conversation Topic:

  • Alcohol/substance abuse

Relatable Experience:

  • Abuse
  • Acceptance
  • Alcohol/substance abuse
  • Fear/Anxiety
  • Trauma

Insights:

  • As Quico, you run away from your alcoholic father into a closet and find a portal to a magical land.
  • Quico meets a monster (his father) that gets angry when he eats frogs (alcohol).
  • Quico pieces together his history to show the player that his father started drinking heavily after accidentally running over a child with his car.
  • At the end, Quico accepts that he cannot always help his father and lets the monster float away.

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