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Games You Can't Win

Games You Can't Win

# A​ transgender woman, a sufferer of severe mental illness​, and the parents of a child with cancer transform their experiences into intensely personal video games.
Documentary
📜 Overview: Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2016-03-17
⌚ Running Time: 8 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

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Ryan Green original image
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Ryan Green
Amy Green original image
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Amy Green
Matt Gilgenbach original image
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Matt Gilgenbach
Anna Anthropy original image
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Anna Anthropy

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