A Scottish children’s hospital has a gamer-in-residence who plays w/ patients. “He said that playing Mario Kart has improved the mobility of a patient’s hand and that it was also a useful tool in distracting the children during medical procedures.”
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This is ... amazing/wonderful/beautiful. And, really, the sort of story/idea I needed to see on a day like today.
Having spent so many hours playing video games with my brothers as a kid, both with big age gaps on either size, this is a brilliant way to connect with people coming from very different backgrounds
I work at a children's hospital in Washington State that employs this kind of position! Shoutout to our funder Child's Play Charity, a great nonprofit that's funded Pediatric Gaming and Technology Specialists in 33 hospitals across the United States, Canada, and Kenya.
https://www.childsplaycharity.org/
I spent a few days in a hospital as a small kid, and another kid having a Nintendo and sharing it with everyone was what got us all through it.
When I read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, I couldn't get that memory out of my head for weeks.
This guy is a hero and will be responsible for a whole wave of game developers in Glasgow in ~15 years.
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