http://www.healthygaming.com/blog News on health and exercise related video games. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Healthcare Administration Degree: Stay on top of your game mentally and slow the effects of aging on your brain by keeping it in excellent shape. It’s easy to do and costs little to no money with all the resources available on the Internet. The ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/build-your-own-brain-gym-100-tools-exercises-and-games/ From Joystiq: The first semester of New York City's Quest to Learn began last week on the 9th, with an inaugural class of around 75 sixth graders in NYC's Chelsea neighborhood taking classes that employ games (of all types) in learning. "One thing I want ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/nycs-public-gaming-school-enters-first-semester-teaching-with-troggles/ From Times of India (via Joystiq): Is that why you play war games on your play station because many might say it's inappropriate for a Buddhist monk dedicated to peace to play war games? Well, I view video games as something ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/buddhist-leader-says-video-games-are-cathartic/ From Wired: Playing Tetris actually gives you more brain to work with, says a new study to be published later this week. The study, funded by Tetris' makers and authored by investigators at the Mind Research Network in New Mexico, shows ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/tetris-can-alter-the-structure-of-your-brain/ From Joystiq: Why doesn't Wii Fit include an estimate of the calories you burn during exercises? That would be really useful. Nintendo seems to agree, at least -- it has created a Flash application that does just that. The Wii Fit ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/games/quantify-the-burn-with-the-wii-fit-calorie-meter/ From TechDigest: With the Wii Fit proving to be bigger than Jesus right now, it shouldn't be much of a surprise to see more Nintendo controller accessories thrust into the market, but somehow it is, especially when we're talking dumbbells, a step and a ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/wii-dum-wii-step-wii-skab-nintendo-controllers-beginning-to-border-the-ridiculous/ From Tuscaloosa News: This scene isn’t out of a science fiction novel — it happened Saturday afternoon at the YMCA of Tuscaloosa County, where Jones and a host of other children got their first look at “Lightspace,” a game in the center’s new Kids Zone. ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/ymca-video-games-focus-on-kids-fitness/ From guardian.co.uk: The government is to launch an anti-obesity TV campaign that aims to promote the virtue of children playing videogames such as those for Nintendo's Wii that require physical activity. This marks a rapid U-turn by the government, weeks after ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/anti-obesity-tv-ads-to-promote-active-videogames/ From Pocket-lint: "Active is a platform not a game", Moore told us in a one to one interview after flying over from America to see us. Rather than merely offering downloadable content, Moore outlined to Pocket-lint that fans of the game ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/ea-sports-active-to-get-more-add-ons/ From McGill Reporter: For the past four years, a small team of Masters students led by Prof. Gordon Bloom, Director of the McGill Sport Psychology Research Laboratory, has been quietly conducting bio/neurofeedback training with dozens of elite athletes, including skiers, skaters and hockey players. The ... http://www.healthygaming.com/blog/news/mental-exercise-neurofeedback-helps-athletes-sharpen-focus/