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|title = Ben's Game |
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|developer = [[Eric Johnston]] |
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|publisher = [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]] |
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|designer = [[Ben Duskin]]<br />[[Eric Johnston]] |
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|version = 4 |
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|genre = Therapeutic [[action game]] |
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|modes = [[single player]] |
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|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and Mac |
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|media = [[download]] |
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'''''Ben's Game''''' is a video game about fighting [[cancer]]. |
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The game was conceptualised by [[Ben Duskin]]—an 8 year old [[United States|American]] boy in remission from [[Leukemia]]. When interviewed by Make-A-Wish, he asked to design a video game to help other children endure cancer treatments. He remembered his oncologist telling him to visualize chemotherapy eating cancer cells and came up with the idea to create a video game. [[Eric Johnston]], a [[software engineer]] from [[LucasArts]] created the game. It is [[freeware]], available in Mac and PC formats, multilingual (9 languages) and can be downloaded on-line. Duskin and Johnston were awarded the "Unsung Hero of Compassion" by the Dalai Lama on 6 November 2005. |
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==Theme== |
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With a child [[patient]] as the [[hero]] [[Shrink (science fiction)|miniaturized]] to [[microscopic]] level adventuring inside the child's own body, the object is to destroy all cancer cells and to collect the seven shields against common [[Chemotherapy#Side-effects|side effects of chemotherapy]]. Each shield is guarded by a "monster" -- an [[incarnation]] of one of those side effects. |
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Three health levels serve as [[ammunition]] in the game: |
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* Health that the child gets from the hospital. |
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* Ammo the child gets from the pharmacy. |
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* The attitude the child gets from home. |
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The object of the game is to destroy all mutated cells and to collect the seven shields that provide protection from common side effects of chemotherapy. Each shield is guarded by a “monster”. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.makewish.org/site/pp.asp?c=cvLRKaO4E&b=64401 Ben's Game - Make-a-Wish] — Official site hosted by the San Francisco/Greater Bay Area Chapter of [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]]) |
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*[http://www.wish.org Make-A-Wish Foundation of America] |
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*[http://www.makewish.org Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation] |
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[[Category:Windows games]] |
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[[Category:Educational computer and video games]] |
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[[Category:Therapeutic computer and video games]] |
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Revision as of 10:49, 6 November 2006
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