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Evoke: Positive Game presented at TED 2010
In this video from the TED conference 2010 , game designer Jane McGonigal explains the prosocial potential for video and online games. An interesting example of the increasing role played by Positive Psychology in interactive design and development. Read more ...
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Get relief from stress
Stressed by technology? Let out your office anger and smash up your computer ! Read more ...
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Digital Games for Physical, Cognitive and...
Source: Reuters (From the press release) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research that will offer unprecedented insight into how digital games can improve players’ health behaviors and outcomes. With funding from RWJF’s Health G... Read more ...
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NHS endorses Nintendo Wii Fit video game
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus , which goes on sale this Friday, got the permission to use the NHS’s Change4Life logo in its advertising on television and in shops. From next year, it is possible that the logo will be used on the product itself, an unprecedented ... Read more ...
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Science: special section on education and...
The current issue of Science has a special section on the use of technology in education. I found particularly interesting the article by Chris Dede about the potential offered by immersive interfaces for learning . According to Dede, the key benefit of immersive media is their ability t... Read more ...
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$9 Bi: Microsoft's Estimate For The Serious...
Via Future-making serious games BusinessWeek has published an article this week where David Boker, senior director of the Business Development Group at Microsoft's Aces Studio, one of Microsoft's game studios where ESP was developed, says Microsoft conservatively estimates Serious Games m... Read more ...
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Esther: Enhanced Security Through Human Error...
From Future-Making Serious Games Cognitive Informatics investigates usability and training effectiveness of a game-based training application in the domain of cyber-security education. They conducted a usability evaluation and described cognitive principles that may be used as part... Read more ...
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A buddhist game to help teach ethics
Via Lothusinthemud Bangkok, Thailand -- Concerned about a news report of a boy attacking his mother because she refused to give him money to play online games, a senior officer at the Religious Affairs Department decided to create a game himself. Ethics Game",... Read more ...
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MindFit Clinical Trial Results Announced
Via Future-Making Serious Games NEW YORK and YOQNEAM, Israel, March 16 /PRNewswire/ For the first time, a double-blind clinical trial has shown that computer-based training improves the cognitive functions of the 50-plus crowd. Against conventional wisdom, the comput... Read more ...
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£7 Million Serious Games Institute In Coventry
Via Future-Making Serious Games Friday, February 23 2007 The Serious Games Institute will be based at Coventry University Technology Park and built on the West Midlands’ excellence in computer games to diversify into non-entertainment uses such as simulation, educatio... Read more ...