Health Watch
Mastering cancer
A video game designed especially for kids with cancer might give them a feeling of power over their disease as they blast away at the cancer cells. A game called Re-mission (featuring Roxxi, the intrepid nanobot), is a challenging, 3D “shooter” with 20 levels that takes the player on a journey through the body of young patients with different types of cancer.Created by leading video game developers and animators in collaboration with scientific and medical consultants and hope lab staff, this state-of-the-art game is designed to be cool and fun, while helping players to increase there personal knowledge about cancer and improve their confidence in their ability to manage their cancer. It’s not just about the fun but also gives information about issues that cancer patients confront everyday in their battle against cancer. HopeLab has created http://www.re-mission.net/ to enable broad distribution of the game free of charge to young people with cancer and to improve an open, interactive, online community for teens and young adults with cancer to support one another.