‘I am valued here’: the extraordinary film that recreates a disabled boy’s rich digital life

‘I am valued here’: the extraordinary film that recreates a disabled boy’s rich digital life

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/22/ibelin-film-mats-steen-world-of-warcraft

Mats Steen had muscular dystrophy and died very young. But a touching new documentary has used animation and his own posts to reveal the fulfilling gaming life he led in World of Warcraft – right down to his first kiss

The night after their son Mats died aged just 25, Trude and Robert Steen sat on the sofa in their living room in Oslo with their daughter Mia. They couldn’t sleep. “Everything was a blur,” remembers Trude of that day 10 years ago. “Then Robert said, ‘Maybe we should reach out to Mats’ friends in World of Warcraft.’”