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A young gamer's hidden life is revealed to his family after his death, showcasing the power of online connections.
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The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.
"The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a fascinating documentary about Mats Steen, a young Norwegian gamer who died at 25 from a degenerative disease that left him paralyzed, with his parents lamenting that he never lived a full life. However, they were unaware that, through the popular online role-playing game World of WarCraft, Mats had formed deep friendships and connections that reached out to the family from various parts of the world. Awarded at Sundance and selected at several other festivals, this documentary dismantles the widespread prejudice that video games inhibit social connections, proving the opposite: that for someone unable to exist in the world in a normal way, the virtual world made all the difference in meeting and connecting with others in deep and meaningful ways."