When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents were surprised to hear from people from all over Europe who were mourning his loss. Robert and Trudy Steen knew that their son was an avid gamer, but they didn’t know that for nearly a decade Mats had had another virtual life in the game World of Warcraft. The story of Mats, and his avatar, is now being told in a documentary, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. The BBC has more: flip.it/KLP6Ip
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