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Louis and Kate explore the weird and wonderful world of Revachol, setting for the 2019 gaming spectacular Disco Elysium. A detective thriller quite unlike most others, Disco Elysium came out of nowhere (if by nowhere, we actually mean Estonia) to take the gaming world by storm.
Content warning: alcohol abuse, depression, suicide
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Louis and Kate explore the weird and wonderful world of Revachol, setting for the 2019 gaming spectacular Disco Elysium. A detective thriller quite unlike most others, Disco Elysium came out of nowhere (if by nowhere, we actually mean Estonia) to take the gaming world by storm.
Content warning: alcohol abuse, depression, suicide
If you live in England, you can find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline
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Samaritans (available 24hrs) - 116 123 The Mix (under 25s) - 0808 808 4994 (Sunday-Friday 2pm–11pm) Papyrus HOPELINEUK (under 35s) 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm and bank holidays 2pm–10pm), email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697. Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (for those who identify as male) - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) SOS Suicide of Silence - 0300 1020 505 (8am to midnight every day) Shout Crisis Text Line - Text “SHOUT” to 85258
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