How Narrative Video Games Can Promote Empathy ft. Amy Noel Green Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn why a game creator believes video
games are a new form of art that can cultivate empathy.


Amy Noel Green is a writer, speaker and video game designer whose
Ted Talk has been seen over one million times. In this episode,
she describes how she and her husband processed their son’s
illness and death by co-creating a narrative video game called
“That Dragon, Cancer.” She also explains how the next generation
of games will be more interactive and inclusive.


00:00 Introduction


00:23  About Amy Noel Green


02:42  Amy describes the video game “That Dragon, Cancer”
and how it came to be


06:34  Why does Amy think gamers and game critics love it so
much?


11:02  Why Amy sees video games as another form of art


13:01  Amy’s push-back on the term “empathy game”


16:47 Why Amy is excited about the Metaverse (Hint: It'll be more
inclusive)


19:47  Amy's her new video game “Area Man Lives”


23:26  How “That Dragon, Cancer” has been used to medical
school


27:08  Amy Noel Green’s Purposeful Empathy story


TedTalk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_green_a_video_game_to_cope_with_grief


Markiplier gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sWTD6vmH_U


CONNECT WITH AMY NOEL GREEN


Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-noel-green-54b08699/


Website https://www.amynoelgreen.com/


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Video edited by David Tsvariani