The Healing Power of Making Video Games Like ‘Minecraft’
After tragedy and trauma, some game developers have found solace in the poetry of code and the power of storytelling
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9 min readNov 5, 2019
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Granada Hills, Los Angeles, August 1999. Ben Formaker-Olivas was nine years old and jumpy with excitement. He and a bunch of other kids were at the North Valley Jewish…