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Welcome to Gaming4Health.com Beta! We are the first online social network for Health eGames, where you can share your knowledge, experience and research with other community members. We have launched several new networks, so please take a moment and check them out at: 4Community! Looking to find out who is doing what in the Health eGames Market? Take a look at our new resource list of over 100 Corporations, Foundations and Government Institutions currently developing Health eGames! Subscribe to our Daily News using our RSS Feeds. Ready to get fit and have fun? Join us Today!! |
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Game Review: Bubble Trouble - Bubble Trouble is a new game by Playnormous, with the goal of teaching kids about aerobic and healthy exercise habits. |
| Game Review: Paradise Island - Check out this elaborately visual offering from FitBrains, which takes you to a beautiful island in order to exercise your language skills | |
| Game Review: Amazing Food Detective - Sleuth your way to health in this engaging game from Kaiser Permanente. The lineup is set, and there are many kids who need your deductive help! | |
| Game Review: Busy Bistro - Where else could you not only improve your concentration and memory, but also learn some cooking recipes? Not only that (and here is the best part), but have fun while doing it? | |
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Game Review: My Pyramid Blastoff - Itching to take a trip to Mars? We can't help you there, but we CAN show you how to make it to Planet Power! |
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| Brain Games on the Nintendo DS |
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October 10, 2008 - The folks at Nintendo must be doing something right when it comes to healthier gaming. Their Wii console and Wii Fit board and accompanying games have already made splashes, and thanks to Electronic Arts, your children can now play “brain games” on the Nintendo DS. |
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October 10, 2008 - Move things with your brain! Ever wished for the power of telekinesis? D&D and other fantasy game fans, take note: the headset called Mindset uses brain waves to move the characters in a game. How is this possible? |
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October 9, 2008 - Games for Health, or what we call Health eGames, are catching on in a big way. If you don’t believe it, take a look at the new Games For Learning Institute (G4LI), an alliance between Microsoft Research and various university partners. |
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| Features That Make You Go ... Hmmm! | |
| Using Video Games to Combat Cancer | |
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August 8, 2008 - Re-mission is a video game that tackles the difficulties with cancer treatment(s). Whether or not playing the game is actually helping to fight cancer has yet to be seen, but as the study reports, people playing the game in the intervention group were more likely to adhere to treatment. |
| Casual Connect Conference Joins Game Developers, Publishers, and Distributors | |
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July 30, 2008 - Members of Gaming4Health.com's management team joined in the fun July 23-25 in Seattle at the Casual Games Association's Conference "Casual Connect" to see how this industry can contribute to healthy gaming and leverage from lessons learned from the casual games industry. Gaming isn't just for lazy teens any longer, Toto!! |
| Making a Difference at the Starlight Starbright Foundation | |
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July 28, 2008 - It can happen to your family and it can happen in an instant. If your child has a life-threatening illness such as chronic asthma, cancer, HIV/AIDS, leukemia, diabetes, sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis, you and your child will have someone in your corner. Whether your child is a toddler or a teen, the Starlight Starbright Foundation will be there. |
