Empathy game Thralled explores slavery through love and motherhood, not violence

Slavery isn’t a new topic. We’ve read about it in books and watched countless films on it — 12 Years a Slave was a three-time Oscar winner this month. But we’ve barely touched the subject in games.

Thralled, an interactive thriller coming exclusively to Ouya this fall, broaches it head-on — and from the perspective of a woman, no less. A mother.