It helps teens and young adults who are afflicted with cancer. It has been shown to improve the quality of life for young cancer patients and to increase their understanding of the disease. It also enhances their ability to talk about their cancer, manage its side effects, and stick with therapy regimens.
Could "it" be a miracle drug? Some revolutionary new medical procedure? White magic? Nah. It's a video game.
Created by Hope Lab in collaboration with several game developers, biologists, and young cancer patients, the somewhat whimsically titled Re-Mission is one of those serious games we love to write about because they show he positive potential of video game tech. Re-Mission is a third-person shooter starring a microscopic nanobot named Roxxi whose mission is to enter the bodies of patients and fight cancer and bacteria on the cellular level.
Imagine what this game will do after the legalization of marijuana.