I stumbled upon an amazing throwback article on Kotaku by Brian Ashcraft yesterday called “Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation?“  Ok maybe not throwback–it was written last summer. Anyway, in it, a summary of the exergame movement along with a most memorable quote from Ben Sawyer. “When...

Exergames of the future. HardCORE Swimming is an Exertion Game prototype that combines the use of a Wii Fit balance board, Wii controller and nunchuk to swim through a shark-infested sea while collecting treasure.  In our last healthGAMERS interview we talked Floyd Mueller, an instructor at the University...

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. ...

Gone are the days when moms could take their kids to task for whiling away their time playing video games or staring at the TV screen while their PlayStation or Wii game was on. Today, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are some aspects of gaming that are beneficial to health, especially to...

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...

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...

Lack of exercise no longer a problem? According to a recent news release in Amsterdam, a research study presented at the European Congress on Obesity determined that food intake alone explains the increase in American body weight over the last thirty years.  Professor Boyd Swinburn, Director of the...

It’s no secret that Nintendo has people jumping around, stretching, doing yoga and bowling – all in the comfort of their own home. Since the debut of the Nintendo Wii and its exercise focused component, the Wii Fit, the world of healthy gaming has forever been changed! The Wii has impacted...