Shooter Game Helps Young Cancer Patients

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.

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YoJ1Mbo6600d ago

Imagine what this game will do after the legalization of marijuana.

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New Android game lets us play The Sims with our own Kpop idols

K-Pop Academy is an upcoming pop star management simulator from the game studio that brought you Tsuki’s Odyssey and Campfire Cat Café.

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The 'Kawaii' Is A Nintendo Wii The Size Of A Keychain

Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.

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Top 10 Sexiest New Male Video Game Characters

Opportunities to objectify male characters are rare, and I seize them every chance I get.

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gold_drake5d ago

ff 16 cid is pretty hot.

also ff7 rebirth cid is pretty hot haha

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anast4d ago

'Opportunities to objectify male characters are rare'

Sounds like the writer needs more life experience.