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Jackie Chan Studio Fitness POWERBOXING

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Jackie Chan Studio Fitness POWERBOXING

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Jackie Chan Studio Fitness Powerboxing is a Xavix exergame designed to help players workout while engaging in interactive boxing. A virtual Jackie Chan serves as the players’ personal trainer, offering feedback and words of encouragement to help players attain their fitness goals.

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Defile of Eden 2

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Defile of Eden 2

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Handigo The Game

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Handigo The Game

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Handigo contains a set of three mini-games designed to educate players about what it’s like to live with some type of impairment. Each mini-game addresses a different kind of handicap, and it is the goal of the player to overcome obstacles so they can make it to their destination before time runs out.

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FaceSay

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FaceSay

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FaceSay™ was designed to help autistic school aged children become aware of the social value of the features and movements of the face, particularly the area around the eyes. In three silly social skills games students interact with photo-realistic Avatars to practice joint attention, basic theory of mind, face recognition and emotion recognition and modulation, including emotional intensity.

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Immune Responses

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Immune Responses

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"Go through ten interactive stops and find out how our immune system protects us and sometimes could harm us."

Keywords:

adults; anatomy; bacteria; educational; elearning; free; immune system; learning; online; teens; tweens; young adults

Topic:

Anatomy; Infectious Disease

Target Population:

Adults; Pre-Teens; Teens; Young Adults

Genre:

Educational

Game Platform:

Internet

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Dakim BrainFitness

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Dakim BrainFitness

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Players of this game can engage in intense cognitive exercises designed to prevent or slow the onset of dementia. Dakim Brain Fitness intends to be user friendly and an enjoyable way to exercise players’ brains and fight dementia.

Keywords:

brain; dementia; macintosh; memory; pc; seniors

Topic:

Brain; Cognition; Mental Health

Target Population:

Seniors

Genre:

Puzzle; Strategy

Game Platform:

Computer

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GameWheels

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GameWheels

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GameWheels was developed to give patients suffering from spinal cord injuries the opportunity to exercise while playing an exergame. It can be used as a therapeutic tool for wheelchair users.

Keywords:

exergame; physical activity; spinal cord; sports; wheelchair

Topic:

Exercise and Fitness; Nervous System

Target Population:

General Audience

Genre:

Sports

Game Platform:

Computer

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Konami Kids Playground: Alphabet Circus

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Konami Kids Playground: Alphabet Circus

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