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Saturday
, November 12 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Exploring Mental Health in Games: Why I made a Game about my Eating Disorder
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In 2014 I was diagnosed with an eating disorder. In recovery from laxative addiction I developed and released a game. This talk will look at how and why games are great tools for exploring mental health and well-being as well as future directions.
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Andrea Ayres
Writer, SyFy Wire
Andrea Ayres is a freelance writer whose work can be found at PanelxPanel, SyFy, Comics Beat and ComicsMNT.
Saturday November 12, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
Panels C
6604 Conference Radio City - 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
Game Development
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