How a video game community filled my nephew's final days with joy
by Mat Westhorpe from Technology | The Guardian on (#4JG8R)
My teenage nephew's life was short and difficult, but the players and developers of Elite Dangerous came together to bring unexpected happiness to his last moments
My nephew, Michael, died on 22 May 2019. He was 15 years old.
He loved his family, tractors, lorries, tanks, spaceships and video games (mostly about tractors, lorries, tanks and spaceships), and confronted every challenge in his short, difficult life with a resolute will that earned him much love and respect. Online in his favourite game, Elite Dangerous by Frontier Developments, he was known as CMDR Michael Holyland.
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