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.”
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
Cast
Ryan Green
Self
Amy Green
Self
Matt Gilgenbach
Self
Anna Anthropy
Self
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Mar 17, 2016
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studios
- Chicken & Egg Films
- Director
- Malika Zouhali-Worrall