{"id":1968,"date":"2019-04-09T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:29:42","slug":"video-games-helped-him-through-illness-and-now-hes-designing-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/09\/video-games-helped-him-through-illness-and-now-hes-designing-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Video games Helped Him Through Illness\u2014and Now He\u2019s Designing Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1968_808ecd-aa dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1968_f87ea8-1a\">Tyler Bendel was only 16 years old and facing the greatest challenge of his young life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was going through Ewing\u2019s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI did not have many friends, I could not go out anywhere, and I was left to lay in bed for what seemed to be an eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get through the day, he played video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realized I wanted to be a game designer, to give someone a way to escape their problems and enjoy their lives,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After he got well, he began looking for a school where he could make his dream come true. 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