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.
March 17, 2016
8 min
✓ Released 3840 days ago
Documentary
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Runtime: 8 min
Top Cast
Ryan Green
Self
Amy Green
Self
Matt Gilgenbach
Self
Anna Anthropy
Self
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