Where does an interactive story game by ChildLine fit in?  A
look at a curiosity designed to improve self-esteem and
emotional resilience.  Where does all this fit within the world
of gaming, and does it work?  ChildLine, the free and applauded
child counselling service, is about to launch a new browser game
called Machine Cares, which is supposed to improve your self-
esteem and emotional resilience.  The game will launch properly
on 10th September, to coincide with World Suicide Prevention
Day. But it's available to play now.  A company called
Failbetter Games made Machine Cares using new Story Nexus
technology, which creates interactive stories in web browsers.
Machine Cares plays out in comic book style. You are a teenage
newcomer to a tower block run by Machine - literally a machine
that talks. You're on your own, in terms of family, but you soon
meet other people in the building.   A screengrab. Max is
totally messing with the lifts.  The game's based around a
mystery that concerns the disappearance of