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.”
2016•8m•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Languages
English
Studio
Chicken & Egg Films
Cast
Ryan Green
Self
Amy Green
Self
Matt Gilgenbach
Self
Anna Anthropy
Self
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