Archive for Health

  • Wii Fit versus EA Sports Active Wii Fit versus EA Sports Active

    Wii Fit may be far from the darling of the hardcore gaming crowd, but that hasn’t stopped it from being a hugely successful gamble on Nintendo’s part.  With over 18 million in sales, Wii Fit has far exceeded anyone’s expectations in just a year on the market.  It has essentially turned t...

  • In a digital age, do we care about reality? In a digital age, do we care about reality?

    It’s a question science fiction has been asking for decades.  If, at some point, fantasy could mimic reality to a flawless degree, would we care?  Should we care?  And unlike how much of science fiction predicted this question would come to a head through virtual reality or androids, it is ...

  • University of Buffalo study draws link between games and being fat

    Researchers at the University of Buffalo have found there is at least some evidence of a link between playing video games and being fat. This may not come as startling news to some, but it is a rather important finding from a scientific study. The bigger news is that they think they may have a sol...

  • Mayo Clinic finds games can be healthy; suggests more games should make you move

    Want your child to lose weight? Let them play a video game-assuming it's the right video game. That's the sort-of advice from a new study presented in the medical journal Pediatrics by the Mayo Clinic. The actual study gets ever so slightly more complicated. That's science for you. The new stud...

  • Break your arm and score some time with Wii

    It may sound a little goofy upon first hearing, but doctors love the Wii. While this has been reported before here and there, it is news just how much doctors are falling in love with Nintendo's little-console-that-could. In the case of one physical therapist, he is already using it in ten percent...

  • A tax on games should include a tax on Doritos

    New Mexico is considering a tax on video games and televisions. The proposed one-percent sales tax would go toward funding outdoor educational programs for kids. When one considers that a one-percent tax even on a $3,000 top-of-the-line HDTV would be only $30, it doesn't sound too bad. However, i...

  • Video games and sex mix like oil and water

    Sex in video games is not really that big an issue. In truth, very few games ever address sex in the most rudimentary of ways. So, what is the problem then? Well, generally, it's the way games handle sex. The above posted video is one of those weird meetings of the mainstream media with the ga...

  • Why video games are the big fat wizard behind the curtain

    Do video games make you fat? Well, no more than watching television or surfing the Internet makes you fat—in moderation. The problem with video games, as with the other two activities, is that too few young people do them in moderation. The truth is you won’t become fat simply eating, as long...