Because Games Matter - Abraham's Story - Extra Credits

Thank you to Abraham for sharing his story and to the whole crew at the Children's Hospital Colorado. Learn more about their mission at their website here https://bit.ly/GamingAndChildLife or by connecting with them on instagram https://ift.tt/3afbdIQ If you'd like to share the joy of gaming & brighten the lives of children in need, support Child's Play https://ift.tt/oRWia5 & https://twitter.com/CPCharity Abraham's love of games started by sneaking down to play Wolfenstein 3D and thanks to the encouragement of his mother, he was able to follow his passions. And when his mother became sick, he was able to find a lot of comfort in games which led to thinking: "could games be helpful & theraputic to others too?" Fast forward to the future, where now he works at Children's Hospital Colorado as a Gaming Technology Specialist. Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Get info about all our shows at https://ift.tt/2XSnpa2 ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! https://ift.tt/2KXEPgc Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://ift.tt/34n8fMy Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ___________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS ♪ Outro Music: "Dire on the Rocks" by: FFmusic Dj, Geoffrey Taucer https://ift.tt/35eKBlI


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