A video game to cope with grief

Title:
A video game to cope with grief
Speaker:
Amy Green
Description:

When Amy Green's young son was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor, she made up a bedtime story for his siblings to teach them about cancer. What resulted was a video game, "That Dragon, Cancer," which takes players on a journey they can't win. In this beautiful talk about coping with loss, Green brings joy and play to tragedy. "We made a game that's hard to play," she says, "because the hardest moments of our lives change us more than any goal we could ever accomplish."

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
10:34
Format: HTML5
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Original