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We all know that the Wii has found extensive use as a fitness device besides being incorporated into rehabilitation programs world over. There have been a few researches to study its relationship with a player’s health and fitness but a deeper understanding of the subject can fashion a fitness revolution of sorts. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced grants worth $2 million for research on effects of video games on health through its Health Games Research program.
The grants were given away to 12 research teams across several states and they were officially announced during a phone-based news event on May 29, 2008. The studies will explore the possible role motion-based games can play in helping stroke patients recuperate and how virtual worlds can aid drug rehab. The research teams have on an average been granted $2,000,000 each and will take one to two years to co...
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Section: News , Consoles , PCs , Ads & Media , Web , Game-Companies , Developers , Genres , Web-Sites , Official-Sites In the global fight against terrorism numerous government and private organizations have kept their ears to the ground, trying to prevent the next 9/11. Now it seems that Bethesda Softworks, a Maryland based developer which created the Elders Scroll series, has unwillingly become part of terrorists’ war on the Western world.
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