Cancer, the Video Game: A Story of Hope

Cancer is something we'd like to shy away from, to speak quietly about, to ignore. It's not the stuff of video games, which are realms of fantasy and escapism. It's hard to play a game that reminds us of that terrible, cruel life outside our screens.

And yet, on a quieter part of E3's show floor, I played That Dragon, Cancer. It's not the kind of game you'd expect at E3, an event brimming with twinkling lights and distractions. Yet IndieCade tucked its booth in the far back, along with all the other small-team games that didn't have the support of game publishers.