by Rosemary Lokhorst | Aug 7, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Self Expression
When I helped to produce the game Shadow’s Edge, which helps young people explore chronic illness, I had some experience in both areas – I’d been working in tech for more than a decade and I had also been ill. When we dove into the game design, I thought I was healed,...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
A few weeks, I brought my son Leif with me to the 2018 Child Life Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Just before his second birthday, Leif had brain surgery to ease the symptoms of Chiari malformation. Now he is 12 years old and is excelling in many ways,...
by Garth Sundem | Mar 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s no secret that the games you play can change your brain. Studies have shown that games can train or degrade everything from motor skills to attention to reaction time to visual abilities. And research at the Max-Planck Institute showed that two months of gaming...
by Sheri Brisson | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
When we decided to create Shadow’s Edge, the first step was figuring out if a game really could help teens work through their feelings surrounding health challenges in a fun way. The goal of Shadow’s Edge became to empower teens to take charge of their...
by Rosemary Lokhorst | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Almost nine years ago, my mom died of cancer — and it could totally have been avoided. After my father died in 2000, my mom moved in with me. We’d always been very close. I travelled a lot for my job at Microsoft and she took care of my dog along with hers when...
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