Re-Mission: A Shooter with an Upside

Shooters have long been the bane of the video game industry, not because gamers dislike them, but because they tend to get the industry a lot of bad press. So when a company comes along that can make a third-person shooter for a good cause, they tend to get very little press at all. While unfortunate, that's what HopeLab has done, created a shooter for a good cause.

HopeLab's game, Re-Mission, follows the heavily armed female nanobot Roxxi as she searches the body to destroy cancer cells. The game is designed to teach teenagers affected by cancer how they can treat their disease, and also helps relax them and let them feel empowered over it. Since its release, HopeLab has delivered 76,000 copies of the game, which is distributed free to download from their website www.re-mission.net

Interestingly enough, the game has also been put before the ESRB, and has received a Teen rating. The game comes in English, French, or Spanish, and fans of the game can contact each other through the website. HopeLab is a non-profit organization.

HopeLab: www.HopeLab.org
Re-Mission: www.Re-Mission.net