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GAMES FOR THE MIND

Sure, games have a social aspect, but increasingly, developers are starting to look at games that promote health and wellness. How big can this industry become?

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Who's Gaming Now? Seniors Turn To Wii Bowlingmore

Say goodbye to shuffleboard and hello to Wii. The introduction of the Nintendo Wii and its sports and fitness games has...

Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coachmore

will be packaged with a camera and carry a price tag of 70 US dollars. Ubisoft's previous fitness games for the Wii...

Ice Skating Is a Healthy Way to Stay Fit; Go Figure!more

The giant video wall inside the heated facility adjacent to the rink will feature family-friendly fitness videos.

Now a computer game for Yoga!more

followed. Perhaps, that's why when you compare the onscreen gurus of this game to the other Wii fitness games, they...

My anti-obesity diary: Week Sevenmore

local anaesthetic, but if that's what it takes to reach my target weight I have no choice. Fitness games Typical daily...

New game links 'Pickles to Penguins'more

So much of life has to do with making connections. A meeting in the summer of 2008 between Westport's Kevin Carroll,...

Mind-Boggling Results From Brain-Training Games Studymore

indicated no cognitive decline with age. The greatest training results came from playing MIND360's executive function...

'Wii Fit' gets makeover in 'Plus' versionmore

tracks your weight and shifts in your balance. This information forms the basis around which Nintendo built the fitness...

Brain Training and Brain Fitness Revenues Jump on Strong Demandmore

for four types of cognitive fitness products: cognitive assessments, cognitive and intelligent tutors, mobile brain...

'Biggest Loser' now a resortmore

and think, "I wish I could do that." One is The Biggest Loser Wii and Nintendo DS fitness games, offering...

The Biggest Loser franchise expands into games, a resort spamore

week and think, “I wish I could do that.” One venture: the Biggest Loser Wii and Nintendo DS fitness games , offering...

My Gym Answers Pleas from Parents for a "Night Off"more

Parents Night Out event, parents drop their children off at My Gym locations for an evening of fun, fitness, games and...

Help at hand for games industry as Viacom revives Beatlemaniamore

pent-up demand from traditional nongamers, who have tired of playing Nintendo's motion-sensing Wii with its sports and...

For entrepreneur, buyout puzzle was easy to figure out | jconline.commore

When Warren Industries Inc. shut down production of games, puzzles and toys in Lafayette in 2006, JP Clauson took a...

Viacom revives Beatlemaniamore

pent-up demand from traditional non-gamers, who have tired of playing Nintendo's motion-sensing Wii with its sports and...

How Wii Fit and Ubisoft's Your Shape bring guilt into gamingmore

And guilt is the emotion that often arises when bodies are scrutinised, especially among the demographic that buys...

Inside Ubisoft's 'Your Shape' Fitness Gamemore

Nintendo's balance board and Wii Fit. Have the balance board and Wii Fit created a momentum around fitness games in a...

Most Videogames Remove Physicality From Traditional Playmore

Unless you’re playing one of those new-fangled fitness games for the Wii, you’re not going to get anything resembling...

A Review of DriveSharpmore

If your driving is getting a bit worse as you grow older, it may be because of a natural decline in the brain's ability...

Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age (Frontiers in Neuroscience art...more

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years - without parallel growth of...

Game on: the future of fitness?more

than Arnold Schwarzenegger. This electronic comeuppance comes as I embark on a test to see whether the various fitness...

Exercise games catching onmore

it." The variety of minigames within the system helps keep Lestner and others interested. But because interactive...

No Vacation for Nancy Drew This Summer as Her Interactive Announces Na...more

act to increase self-esteem and instill confidence. So with all the games that are 'good for you' like fitness games...

More doctor's prescriptions may include brain games to improve mental ...more

to come, especially brain games. GAME HUNTERS:Check out Brain Age or Personal Trainer: Math games YOUR HEALTH: Fitness...

Software programs to sharpen your memorymore

computer, plus an instruction manual and a pair of headphones. What's it like? Brain Fitness contains six fitness games...

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