Tag: COMA

Dreams are often only interesting to the parties concerned. No one wants to hear about the "crazy dream" in which you forgot to wear pants to school. But dreams can also provide fertile ground for imaginative gaming experiences that we can all share. This week, we'll delve into dream-inspired games that would have made Freud proud -- and we'll do it all without any 'Inception' jokes. 'Coma' ...

In a story that is guaranteed to give us nightmares for a good week, the Guardian reports that a Belgian man whom doctors diagnosed as comatose 23 years ago was, in fact, conscious the entire time. Following a nearly fatal car crash in 1983, Rom Houben was believed to be in a "vegetative state," incapable of feeling or hearing anything. Three years ago, though, neurologist Steven Laureys decided ...