Last week I got wind of some pretty cool activity going on over at the Wii Mommies site. The wonderful folks over there [remember our interview with Wii Mommy Julie?] have launched a contest that pulls together elements of reviewing, reporting and hands on interaction specifically for the Wii Fit Plus...

In the fall of last year, rumor had it that French company BigBen Interactive was “looking to cash in on the Wii exergaming craze while it lasts” with a project called Cyberbike.  The idea was greatly criticized because the proposed Cyberbike was literally a full-sized bike attachment. ...

The research. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) is a 25-year-old nonprofit dedicated to promoting the benefits of physical activity and protecting consumers against unsafe and ineffective health and fitness products, programs and trends.  They have done extensive research on exercise regiments...

Last week marked the culmination of another Health 2.0 conference put on by Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog and Indu Subaiya. This was my second time at the event and it was truly an overflow of information regarding patient empowerment and improving technologies to better health care. As a public...

A word from the editor. We are honored to present our newest guest contributor, Amy Jussel, Founder and Executive Director of Shaping Youth.  She has been a huge advocate of the games for health movement with numerous articles on Playnormous and now healthGAMERS. We are honored to have her!   -Melanie...

Walk and conquer. In my last post I gave you a quick peek at how Nintendo plans on keeping kids fit with a Pokémon pedometer peripheral for the DS.  For those of you a little older than twelve, take a look at what Bandai is cooking up.  Their approach?  Add one part pedometer to one part calorie...

Powerfully healthy pocket monster. The Pokémon craze is still alive and well, but this time all those little monsters are fighting for a good cause.  Nintendo hopes to encourage children to get up and move with the new Pokémon release of Heart Gold and Soul Silver for the DS complete with Poké Walker...

Some time ago, Bob Coffield of the Health Care Law Blog, brought to my attention a project that was going on in his home state of West Virginia. Since the launch of the pilot activity in 2004, West Virginia University (WVU) has been implementing a program to help put DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) into...

The E3 video game expo has stirred the entire game community this past week.  It seems that Nintendo’s Wii is going to have some competition soon.  Both Sony and Microsoft previewed their motion control systems. Microsoft going controller-less. Microsoft presented first, putting its revolutionary...

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...