Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson explore eating disorders and diet culture through a darkly absurd puzzle game.
Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson explore eating disorders and diet culture through a darkly absurd puzzle game.
by Nicole CarpenterOct 4, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC
There’s a lot of math in diet culture. It’s all numbers — calories in, calories burned — and a constant tally running in one’s head. In some ways, disordered eating can be considered a disturbed sort of strategy game, which is precisely why Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson’s Consume Me works so well. The autobiographical game