A health game sleeper? One of the health game products I’ve been watching very closely is Zamzee. Not a whole lot has been written about this innovative new company yet, especially when one compares it to previous HopeLab products like Re-Mission. However, they have really geared up for an impressive...

When you think of videogames and kids, you naturally picture in your mind an overweight child with poor nutritional habits playing for hours without leaving the sofa or the desk chair.  In order to address this situation, many attempts have been made to combine videogames and activity. Exergaming There...

Haven’t I seen this before? Continuing on with our ten-part series about how health games can utilize great game techniques seen in mainstream games, like those presented in an article by the Casual Games Association, we step right into part 2 and thus Great Game Tenet #2: a great health game is...

Greatness can come in small packages. I’m a member of the Casual Games Association which helps me stay up with the industry for our casual games for health site Playnormous. I get a magazine from them four times a year, and sometimes I run across an amazing article that must be shared. This quarter,...