Play this when
Firewatch
He ran to a fire tower to escape his wife's dementia. The wilderness didn't let him off that easily.
Who it's for
The opening lets you choose moments from Henry's life with Julia as her early-onset dementia progresses, so the player co-writes his guilt and his decision to leave for a summer as a fire lookout.
Guilty / Ashamed→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
Firewatch is a 2016 first-person adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published with Panic. In 1989, Henry, whose wife Julia has early-onset dementia, takes a summer job as a fire lookout in Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest.
Where to find it
Steam (Windows, macOS, Linux), PlayStation Store (PS4), Xbox Store, Nintendo eShop (Switch).
Before you start
Heads up: A teen's death; a spouse's dementia.
Age: Not verified (suggested 16+)
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter LXXII
