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Play In Your World

Obviously, I’m a big supporter of exergames (exercise + video games = interactive game play). After all, I spent my years in grad school studying the cardiovascular responses to PS2’s EyeToy: Kinetic. And while I believe exergaming will continue to push the boundaries of traditional game play AND fitness, I’m also curious to see if […]

South by Southwest (aka SXSW)

No, it’s not a typo. I didn’t mean to write “North by Northwest” (the famous Hitchock-Cary Grant flick thriller). I meant, South by Southwest - the Austin based film-music-interactive media festival!!!  AAAAH! I’ve been wanting to attend this conference since I was a film student in college. But since leaving the ‘biz’ […]

XRTainment Zone Hits Their Target!

I had the opportunity to lunch with Ernie Medina (”Exergaming Evangelist”) this weekend while I was visiting southern California. I met him on Sunday afternoon outside of his exergaming facility XRTainment Zone. I had first heard of Ernie while exploring the exergaming community amidst working on my master’s thesis. In 2006, I also met him […]

Second Life Getting Fit and Healthy!

Kix here!  Your health and fitness correspondent from Second Life.  Biray has asked me to post an update regarding latest in-world health and fitness news.
It seems many health and healthcare organizations have created a presence in our virtual bubble.  Everything from support groups for autism and AIDs, to communities on counseling and cancer.  Check […]

“What is the deal with exergaming?”

“What is the deal with exergaming?”
Sound like something Seinfeld would say? Perhaps.
Yesterday, two blog posts (one was linked to the other) briefly discussed why exergaming wasn’t “clicking” in the commercial fitness industry. According to blog editor of both posts Marc Onigman “it may be because TV is a passive medium.” I’d agree that […]

Virtual Exergaming!

Kix here - your health & fitness correspondent from SecondLife! I know the followers of this blog have an interest the application of exergames! Well, I have great news - we love ‘em in the virtual world, too! In fact, last weekend I spent (way too much) time playing the in-world version […]

My Divine Life!

Who says you can’t meditate to a video game? The Wild Divine is offering a series of multi-media meditation products that focus specifically on healthy relaxation techniques. The Journey to the Wild Divine Series is an interactive computer game equipped with biofeedback sensors that monitor heart rate variability and skin conductance through […]

React to this…

I spent some time at Barnes & Noble yesterday browsing through the new arrivals (Steve Martin’s new book “Born Standing Up” looks promising). Anyway, this particular store was located inside one of those mega-(should-have-its-own-zipcode)-malls. As I was leaving, I had to walk through the mall - which (this time of year) is the […]

Kix Kicks it up at the Second Life Wellness Center!

Hi, everyone! Kix here (most of you know me as Biray’s alter-ego or Second Life avatar) . Well, I’m just as real as you ‘real-lifers’ (or as I like to call you RLers or ‘reallers’). I’m definitely more uninhibited and free-spirited than my RL-counterpart. I mean, c’mon - after […]

Health Games Research

Once again, exergaming and games for health research continues onward with more momentum (and now more grant money). Open call for proposals has been announced on the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation website. If you know of anyone who is seeking funding for research on health-relate games, this might be a great opportunity. […]

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