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Leukaemia Patient Helps Create Chemotherapy Game

Posted by simoniker on from the better-than-star-wars dept.

jasoncart writes "Whilst trying to visualize his illness, leukaemia patient and gamer Ben Duskin came up with a concept for a video game, according to a story on Ferrago. With the help of Eric Johnston and his employers LucasArts, the PC game, whose object is '...to destroy all mutated cells and to collect the seven shields which provide protection from common side effects of chemotherapy', is now in beta and available for free download from the Make A Wish Foundation - there are also screenshots available on Ferrago. The best news of all is that Ben is now in remission."

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  1. Quick! by Idolminds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone get terribly ill and wish for Sam & Max 2!

  2. Hope it helps by R2.0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know about the curative powers of positive thinking, but it can't hurt anything to have a patient blasting away cancer cells yelling "Die, muthafucka, die!!."

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    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson