Resources
Books
A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Ralph Koster
Developing Serious Games by Bryan Bergeron
Digital Game-Based Learning by Marc Prensky
Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds by Jesper Juul
Imagination and the Meaningful Brain by Arnold H. Modell
Minds In Play: Computer Game Design as a Context for Children’s Learning by Yasmin B. Kafai
Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames by Ian Bogost
Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do by B. J. Fogg
Serious Educational Games: From Theory to Practice by Leonard A. Annetta
Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning by Janis Cannon-bowers and Clint Bowers (Ed)
Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, and Inform by David Michael
Story and Simulations for Serious Games: Tales from the Trenches by Nicholas Iuppa
The Handbook of Experiential Learning by Silberman (Ed)
Popular Press
October 13, 2010 – Video game to choose healthier diet by ANI, The Times of India.
October 1, 2010 – Counting calories and exercise alongside digital pets by Leslie Tamura, Washington Post.
September 29, 2010 – Winners in First Lady’s Apps for Healthy Kids competition by Mike Snider, USA Today.
July 28, 2010 – Health apps for children: Cast your vote in the USDA competition by Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times.
July 8, 2010 – Using video games for health benefit by John Gaudiosi, Reuters.
June 25, 2010 – Gameworld: Health games become a serious business by John Gaudiosi, Reuters Life!.
May 26, 2010 – Virtual pain can yield real-world gain by The Boston Globe.
May 24, 2010 – Video gamers can control dreams, study hints by Jeremy Hsu, MSNBC.
May 23, 2010 – Designers create video games to teach kids about healthy diets by Michael Laris, Washington Post.
May 4, 2010 – Games That Can Change The World by Oliver J. Chiang, Forbes.
April 22, 2010 – Video game helps alcoholics prevent relapse by Marisa Ramiccio, Orlando Sentinel.
April 8, 2010 – Diabetes Is no Fun, but It Can Be a Game by Arlene Weintraub, BusinessWeek.
Jan 20, 2010 - Apps And Videogames To Keep You Healthy by Oliver J. Chaing, Forbes.
Jan 3, 2010 – Steps to health: new year, new ways to get fit by Jessical Belasco, Houston Chronicle.
Dec 15, 2009 – Dance revolution steps beyond the arcade by Simon Tsang, The Sydney Morning Herald.
Dec 15, 2009 – Humana Games for Health Adds New Dance Pad Video Game to Product Line by Brek Thomas-Ross, The Wall Street Journal.
Dec 7, 2009 – The Most Revolutionary Videogames Of All Time by Katy Finneran, Forbes Magazine.
Nov 16, 2009 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants $1.85 million to fund research on digital-game based health interventions by Jenna Weiner, The Daily Tell.
Nov 2, 2009 – World of Warcraft In the Workplace by Bart Perkins, Computerworld.
June 25, 2009 – Gameworld: Health Games become a serious business by John Gaudiosi, Reuters.
June 23, 2009 – Joan Ganz Cooney Center Report Identifies Video Games as a Potential Ally in Children’s Health, Business Wire.
June 17, 2009 – Virtual-Reality Dental Training Is as Gory as You’d Expect by Laura Silver, Popular Science.
June 16, 2009 – Interview: Sawyer Talks Games For Health Event And The Road Ahead by Leigh Alexander, Gamasutra.
June 15, 2009 – More doctor’s prescriptions my include brain games to improve mental acuity by Mary Brophy Marcus, USA Today.
June 15, 2009 – Video game makes HIV awareness fun by Ewen Callaway, NewScientist.
May 26, 2009 – ‘Wii Fit’ Leads to Boom in ‘Exergaming’ by Lou Kesten, ABC News.
Feb 5, 2009 – Humana Adds Free Online Games for Young and Young-at-Heart, The Wall Street Journal.
Jan 15, 2009 – Nintendo’s Punching Seniors Get Workout, Sell Out Wii by Adam Satariano, Bloomberg
Dec 29, 2008 – Online Game, Facebook App Makes Case for Health, Online Media Daily.
Dec 19, 2008 – Traditional gaming companies ready to play with health games by Monica Perin, Houston Business Journal.
Nov 21, 2008 – Video Game Technology Gives Veterans New Lease on Life by Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post.
Oct 8, 2008 – Nintendo’s Brainy Strategy by Mary Jane Irwin, Forbes.
July 15, 2008 – Medicinal use of video games growing by David Twiddy, Boston Globe.
July 4, 2008 – Analysis: Making DDR For Seniors With Touchtown’s Dancetown by Kyle Orland and Mathew Kumar, Gamasutra.
July 1, 2008 – Cigna deploys a Second Life island for health education by Dean Takahashi, Venture Beat.
June 3, 2008 – How To Take Interactive Video Games To The Next Level: Improving Players’ Health, Medical News Today.
June 2, 2008 – What Rex Ronan Teaches Us About Health Education by Kyle Orland & Matthew Kumar, Gamasutra.
June 1, 2008 – Dr. Gamer by Kenji Hall, BusinessWeek.
May 25, 2008 – Wii Fit, Tipping The Scales on Exercise by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post.
May 21, 2008 – Developers, Researchers On Weighing Science Versus Fun, Gamasutra.
May 15, 2008 – Gaming Your Way to Fitness by Allison Aubrey, NPR.
May 13, 2008 – Games For Health: Why You Should Care about Virtual Worlds by Kyle Orland, Gamasutra.
May 12, 2008 – Games for Health: Noah Falstein On Exergaming History, Gamasutra.
May 5, 2008 – Game-Based Technology to Meet Demand for Improved Medical Teaching and Training, Fox Business.
March 14, 2008 – Gaming, Seriously by Leslie Rule, PBS.
Feb 17, 2008 - Taking Play Seriously by Robin Marantz Hening, The New York Times.
Nov 12, 2007 – $8.25 Million Research Program to Investigate Design Strategies and Benefits of Interactive Games to Improve Health and Health Care, Develop Magazine.
Aug 23, 2007 – Medical professionals take a healthy interest in video games by Cherie Black, Seattle Post.
April 30, 2007 – P.E. Classes Turn to Video Game That Works Legs by Seth Schiesel, The New York Times.
Oct 23, 2006 – Contest seeks games as Rx for health by Leslie Katz, CNET News.
Oct 21, 2006 – Video Games Aim to Hook Children on Better Health by Christopher Lee, The Washington Post.
Sept 13, 2007 – Humana Aims to Reach Consumers Through Games by Tanya Irwin, Marketing Daily.
Aug 22, 2006 – Gaming gets in shape by Iain Mackenzie, BBC News.
Aug 17, 2006 – Harnessing the Power of Video Games by Reena Jana, Business Week.
Aug 14, 2006 – Video games: A force for good? by Marc Saltzman, USA Today.
Aug 6, 2006 – Not Just Child’s Play by Betsy Streisand, US News & World Report.
June 19, 2006 – Brain Games: Videogames Touted as Way for Seniors to Keep Brains in Shape by Francie Grace, CBS Evening News.
May 18, 2006 – Movement gets serious about making games with purpose by Jinny Gudmundsen, Gannet News.
April 25, 2006 -Architects, Medical Researchers Team Up to Fight Type II Diabetes, Serious Games Source.
Oct 4, 2005 – Turn On, Tune Out, Get Well? by Alicia Ault, The Washington Post.
Sept 27, 2005 – Using Video Games to Manage Pain by Allison Aubrey, NPR.
Sept 27, 2005 – Video games actually can be good for you by Mike Snider, USA Today.
Sept 15, 2004 – Better Health Through Play by Noah Shachtman, Wired Magazine.
