Ben's Game

game

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Publisher: 

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Developer: 

LucasArts

Designed by young cancer patient Ben Duskin and LucasArts employee Eric Johnston, and funded by a grant from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ben’s Game helps cancer patients cope with their illness and relieves some of the pain and stress associated with cancer treatments. Players navigate through the body’s organs and destroy all the cancer cells in order to collect seven shields that serve as protection against seven side effects of chemotherapy: colds, barf, chicken pox, fever, bleeding, hair loss, and rash.

Keywords: 

  • cancer
  • chemotherapy
  • children
  • free
  • online
  • pain
  • patients
  • pediatric health

Topic: 

  • Cancer
  • Pain

Target Population: 

  • Children

Genre: 

  • Action/Adventure

Game Platform: 

  • Internet

Source: 

  • Download
  • Free
  • Online

Partners

  • HopeLab
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • SAGE Publishing
  • UNICEF Kid Power