Bearded Pixel Launches Kickstarter for ‘The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon’

<p>There are two things that are often misrepresented in gaming&colon; mental illness and drug abuse&period;  The former is usually only used for shock value in horror games &lpar;<em>Eternal Darkness&colon; Sanity’s Requiem<&sol;em>&comma; for example&rpar; and the latter is primarily shown in tweaking background characters&period;  The upcoming <em>The Baadher Meinhof Phenomenon<&sol;em>&comma; from developer Bearded Pixel&comma; hopes to tackle these issues head on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05022544&sol;Baadher-Meinhof&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78784" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;05022544&sol;Baadher-Meinhof&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Baadher Meinhof" width&equals;"700" height&equals;"363" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game casts you as Shawn Waters&comma; a man driven to drug abuse after the disappearance of his niece from the small town of Longley&comma; along with four other children&period;  The game picks up as your character is trying to stay clean&comma; but is called back to the town following the disappearance of his brother&period;  What follows looks to be a tale of small-town paranoia mixed with the character’s own struggles with his demons—mental and chemical—as he tries to uncover the truth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game itself opts for a fixed camera system a la <em>Resident Evil<&sol;em>&comma; and its somber tone looks to be more emotionally heavy than most games these days&period;  The developer’s looking for £25&comma;000 to finish the game in time for a December 2015 launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can learn more about <em>The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon <&sol;em>or back the project at Bearded Pixel’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;beardedpixel&sol;the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon">Kickstarter<&sol;a> page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;