Start summer with a jam. Starting next week, Serious Games Jam will be holding its second “jam session” online where some of the most innovative minds from across the globe will join in to discuss Serious Games.  The session runs for five straight days, June 1 to June 5, and is for companies,...

The Games for Health Conference 2009 in Boston is just around the corner, and Ben Sawyer just announced the keynote speakers. OPENING KEYNOTE: 9:00 AM, June 11, 2009 Shyang Kong, EA SPORTS Driving the Virtual Fitness Revolution: The Development and Launch of EA SPORTS Active. Shyang Kong was the Lead...

Adam Bishop’s feature post last week for the Gamasutra blog entitled Things Games “Must” Be takes an interesting stance on the conventional wisdom that video games should be fun, non-political, and interactive.  Adam basically says “Let’s not pigeon-hole games.” ...

Video games curb the huff and puff. According to the Serious Games Source, the United States Department of Defense has awarded a $3.7M grant to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas to develop serious game Project Combat which is designed to “curb” smoking among military personnel. ...

The Games for Health 2009 conference is right around the corner, taking place in Boston, MA from June 10-12. Since the conference first came together 5 years ago, the sheer amount of interest in using gaming technologies to impact our health has grown tremendously. A little about the conference, Our...

Orange, a European operator, recently organized a Serious Game development contest called Whosegame that ended on March 31st.  The hosts of this contest created an on-line platform allowing users to publish and share their completed games or assets used for the game they had designed. The devil is...

If you’re a healthcare provider, and you think gamers are either 16 years old or someone your age who’s bored at work, read on.   Leading edge innovators in physical rehab and long-term care settings have tiptoed into using Wii as a part of their treatment protocols, and the results have been beyond...

Korea puts serious money in serious games. I came across a very small article in the Korean IT Times that stated the Korean government plans to invest 80 Billion won (that’s approximately $64 billion) on serious games development and dissemination.  Their goal is to grow the serious games market...

France is a very paradoxical country.  Recognized for its rich and highly caloric foods, is a great paradox that France has a low prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. It is interesting to study the game market, especially health games, where the existing French health system is often considered by...

Virtual scouting for potential doctors. As previously reported by healthGAMERS, numerous organizations are embracing the use of virtual environments for education.  This summer, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will be unveiling its latest project in four Scottish high schools, a project...