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'An incurable romantic': The boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft
A new documentary, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, explores the friendships a disabled boy forged in an online game – without his family knowing.
To discover that their son, who had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and used a wheelchair for much of his life, experienced much of what other young people his age did – socialising, friendship, love – was a revelation to his parents. The film meets Xenia from Denmark and her son Mikkel, who play online as their avatars Reike and Nikmik, and she says that Steen's mature advice was essential in helping them improve their mother-son relationship. Indeed, what makes the story so compelling and well-received (it won both the directing and the audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival, often a harbinger of an Oscar nomination) is the character of Mats Steen that Ibelin helps reveal – his strength, his humour, and occasionally his melancholy.
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