The popular area of development and consumerism that is exergaming, now becoming saturated with both successful and inferior products, reemerged in 2008 as a strategy for controlling obesity in children. Research in the late ‘90s that entailed observation of children watching television and playing...

Just RSVP. We just heard from Ben Sawyer that the Games for Health Project will be hosting a free, informative half-day session in New York City!  This is an amazing opportunity for anyone interested in advancing the role of videogames in health and healthcare or is just curious about the field.  If...

Tis the season for competition. A Humana press release this morning revealed the three winners of the InsertCoin Game Idea Competition which began last summer.  The goal of the competition was to establish what gamers are looking for in health games and ultimately create better health games for consumers. ...

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...

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...