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Chicken & Egg Films

Games You Can't Win

2016 8 min English

“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.

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Malika Zouhali-Worrall Director · David Osit Director

United States release March 17, 2016 · Produced in United States

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Chicken & Egg Films

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English

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United States · March 17, 2016

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