WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.920 Linus Tech Tips coverage of PAX 2013 is brought to you by Western Digital, 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:11.040 Intel, and Steel Series. Hey guys, I'm here again at the Indie 00:00:07.359 --> 00:00:13.759 Mega booth at That Dragon Cancer. And 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:16.800 this is kind of something really different. This isn't something 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:21.760 that I've seen on the floor. This isn't even something that I've really seen in 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:22.960 a video game very often. And yeah, I I 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:28.240 think that's it for me. What can you tell me about this game? 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:32.320 Well, um, my wife Amy and I have four 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:34.079 sons. Um, and our third son Joel uh has 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:39.440 terminal cancer and we've been fighting that for the past three almost four 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:41.280 years. And so this story uh is about him 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:45.200 and it's about the roller coaster that's our life and and the hope that can be 00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:49.440 found the hope that we found in them in the shadow of death. 00:00:46.879 --> 00:00:52.320 Wow. That's it. It it is that deep. He's not just exaggerating. I have played 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:58.239 through the game. It is quite a moving experience. Um how how do you go through 00:00:55.360 --> 00:01:04.720 this game this story? Well, um this first demo scene takes 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:07.119 place in a hospital and um it retells a 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:10.080 night that I actually spent with Joel um right after they told us that he was 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.479 terminal uh and they had started palative treatment. Um he had gotten a 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:19.680 stomach bug and so he was hospitalized for dehydration. And so this kind of 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:24.640 compresses that six or seven hours that I spent with him not not being able to 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.360 calm him, you know, like not being able to do anything to help him and uh the 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:34.880 helplessness that I felt in that. Um but then also the grace that I saw 00:01:31.759 --> 00:01:36.400 uh at the end. And so like um that's 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:39.640 what this that's what this particular scene is. 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:51.759 I hate this room. I didn't used to. 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:55.280 For um for a moment, it was an 00:01:51.759 --> 00:01:59.119 adventure. I was cast as the 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:01.680 compassionate and caring father. Hold up 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:07.920 with his fragile son in a small clif in the rocks. The storm raging, waves 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:13.920 ripping at the sharp black rocks below. And enveloped in my arms, he feels safe. 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:18.720 you really just um you're kind of in my head and you're also kind of outside of 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:22.879 outside of me and uh as I'm kind of stuck in this hotel room with my son. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:27.440 It's really interesting uh playing through that scene because you feel 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:30.720 really connected uh as a player with the situation. I know I know you were 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:34.879 actually in the situation, but as a player, it's it's obviously not the same 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:39.200 thing, but you can feel a little bit of empathy for the situation. And then one 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:42.480 thing, this obviously won't be in in the game, but in the play test that I just 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.239 had, there's the picture of you and your son right to the left. And I felt myself 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.319 referencing that picture throughout the playthrough because it's just it's so 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:53.360 deep and you do really feel that connection. And it's it's it's a 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:58.879 completely different thing because it's a true story and because it's coming directly from you. You can tell that 00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:02.470 it's just there's that much power behind it. 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:14.720 I just want him to feel better. 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:17.760 It's okay, Jolie. 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:24.080 It's really, really interesting game. Is there anything else you can add? 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:27.760 Um, well, you know, I just I'm I'm a pretty proud father, you know, and like 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:31.519 I put the pictures there because I want people to know that who he is. is and 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:37.120 that picture was taken 2 weeks ago. And I want them to know how beautiful he is 00:03:33.519 --> 00:03:38.640 and just how sweet he is. And um and so 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:41.760 I also want people to know that this comes from a very real place for us. I 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:47.920 mean this is something where my wife and I decided that we were going to approach 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:49.920 this project with our dev partners um uh 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:53.680 in the middle of our experience, you know, and um to me that was really 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:57.920 important because I think a lot of times when you approach hard things from uh 00:03:56.480 --> 00:04:01.439 afterwards, you know, you have a tendency to like oversimplify those 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:06.480 things that you went through and when you try to pass them on to people, they come off as like laws and rules about 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:10.959 how you're supposed to live, right? And so like for us there's a very important 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:15.360 part of being in the journey and and and choosing to walk that with other people 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:18.720 because you know there's thousands and thousands of people here and they all 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:22.960 have their own pain and that pain is very real to them. You know it's not 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:29.919 something we can compare and I just want to give them a a hand and say hey I have 00:04:26.479 --> 00:04:32.320 like just a sliver of experience and I I 00:04:29.919 --> 00:04:37.440 I have an idea of what you might be going through in a very small way. So, 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:41.520 and that's it's it's I'm I'm very happy that you have found a way to be able to 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:44.800 develop this while going through it because you're sharing an experience 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:48.639 with many people that can't actually feel it, but this is the closest they 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:52.030 will possibly ever be able to be most likely ever be able to be. 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.680 Bounce around. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:00.479 Is that funny? A bounce. A bunch. A 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:02.160 bounce. Bounce. Bounce. 00:05:00.479 --> 00:05:06.800 How will someone be able to get this game? Well, so you know, we kind of 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:11.199 poured our life savings into into doing this, right? And so, uh, and then we 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:15.520 kind of ran out of money. So, uh, what happened was is Ouya stepped up with an 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:19.759 investment and and that allows us to like really commit to this project 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:22.720 full-time and be able to support and love my family, you know, at the same 00:05:21.520 --> 00:05:27.840 time. And so, it's like, yeah, it's like a real blessing. And it's it's just tremendously awesome of 00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:31.440 them to step up and do that because they believe that what we're doing should be 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:33.199 done, you know, and so we're going to come to Ouya first next year, 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:39.199 right? Um and then after that, we'll see where we go. Great. So if you don't have an Ouya yet, 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:43.600 definitely check that out. And if you can't check that out, just wait because 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:48.960 you should definitely try this game. It is a really big experience. It's totally 00:05:46.400 --> 00:05:51.840 surreal. 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