Beating cancer is hardly a game. But a Palo Alto nonprofit group is betting that by turning the struggle into a video game, young patients will be motivated and educated to fight the disease.
HopeLab, which works with young chronically ill patients, is already seeing encouraging results from Re-Mission, which it released last month. The shooter game allows a player to fight cancer cells, help administer chemotherapy and attack infections.
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About Serious Games
Serious games (SGs) or persuasive games are computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology. They can be similar to educational games, but are often intended for an audience outside of primary or secondary education. Serious games can be of any genre and many of them can be considered a kind of edutainment.
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Monday, 12 March 2007
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