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Ayiti: the Cost of Life

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Ayiti: the Cost of Life

Boy Scout 5-A-Day Badge

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Boy Scout 5-A-Day Badge

Website

Boy Scout 5–A–Day Badge is designed to educate boy scouts about the importance of healthy eating and exercise. Players assume the role of a comic character whose job is to break down the barriers that are keeping kids from eating more fruits and vegetables.

Surgery Simulator

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Surgery Simulator

Website

Interactive Nights Out 1

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Interactive Nights Out 1

Website

In Interactive Nights Out 1, players assume the role of a lead character and make choices regarding situations that many young adults face in the real world. Players navigate through the game making decisions about sex, drugs, and alcohol and then observe the consequences of their choices. This is a PC game.

Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play

Author/s:

Bettinger, K. E.; Hoeft, F.; Kesler, S. R.; Reiss, A. L.; Watson, C. L.

Citation:

Hoeft, F., Watson, C. L., Kesler, S. R., Bettinger, K. E., & Reiss, A. L. (2007). Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42(4), 253-258.

My Student Body

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My Student Body

Website

My Student Body is an online game that focuses on issues that many college students face including drug and alcohol abuse, stress, and sexual health. The game provides information about getting help.

Positive or Not

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Positive or Not

Website

In the game Positive or Not, players must determine whether a person is HIV-positive based on a picture and few descriptors. After the player takes a guess, they are told whether or not the person in the picture is HIV-positive. If the person was positive, they tell a story about how they found out. If they were negative, players receive advice about how to stay protected from the infection. This free, online game was developed by MTV Networks on Campus.

Whyville

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Whyville

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