Heartwarming Tale of Strokes and Spore
Another story about the benefits of videogames, as C|Net reports the heartwarming story of Ken Walters.
Mr. Walters was an engineer who suffered massive spinal and internal damage when a truck driver lost control and pinned him to a wall. He lost his job, was confined to a wheelchair and sank into a depression that lasted 19 years.
Just to add a little relish to his good fortune, he also had two heart attacks. Fortunately, he then suffered a brain hemorrhage.
His stroke had an unexpected benefit - his brain rewired itself to become artistic.
He became rather good rather quickly. To the point at which whatever was left of his engineer persona helped him not only create inspired digital art but also artistic software. He began to sell his digital art online.
One day, his work, which consists of creating mythical creatures of strange and wonderful dimensions, was spotted by EA. The company decided he was so good that they commissioned him to create 100 dinosaur characters for Spore, the new game that’s supposed to help your brain.
Jack Thompson would say he’s helping a game in which you have creatures eating other creatures and UFOs blowing up planets.
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