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Kaiser Permanente's Health Game Flatlines

At the start of my tour of duty as guest editor here on Kotaku, I mentioned the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's announcement of an $8.25m grant call to support games for health. I also said I hoped the RWJF incentive might produce better health games, rather than just more health games.

To drive this point home, I want to share a recent, high profile health game that represents just how these things can go very wrong.

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1:00 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By bogost
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$8.25m for Health Games Research

Games for Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have announced $8.25 in new grants for Health Games Research. The grants are intended to "support research to enhance the quality and effectiveness of interactive games that are used to improve health."

According to the press release, the foundation will award up to $2 million of the total for studies on effective health game design. Proposals are due January 29, 2008. Another $2 million round is expected in 2009. The program will be directed by Dr. Debra Lieberman at UC Santa Barbara. Among her prior work include SNES games on asthma and diabetes.

Here's hoping this will improve the quality of health related games, not just the number of swings at the ball.

Health Games Research [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]

9:00 AM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By bogost
754 views, 12 comments

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PopCap, Games For Health Team for Research

Via Watercooler Games, casual games major label (yeah, that term works) PopCap and Games for Health are working together to "gather, evaluate, and share research on the use of digital games and cognitive health." WCG reports that the initial findings will be reported at the Serious Games Summit at the GDC in March. I look forward to reading some research that doesn't involve kids, Grand Theft Auto and desensitization. More »

2:30 PM on Thu Jan 12 2006
By lsmith
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