His doctors (along with the psychiatric nurses and the social workers who led the daily therapy groups) had encouraged him to uncurl himself from the fetal position and try, at least try, to watch television or playaboardgame with the other patients, but this had mostly proved too great a challenge.
For the first mod, Ben increases mobility during gameplay by using ribbon cable and a replicated version of the original circuit board to sync a full-size, left hand controller with a half-size, right hand controller.
Video gamers often play with friends either in the flesh or online, but at least in my experience the time requirements of a good boardgame or pen-and-paper RPG are vast in comparison.