Got game?
Can video and computer games help people manage their health? The Changemakers at the Ashoka Foundation think so. "Why Games Matter: A Prescription to Improve Health and Health Care" seeks innovation, along with a potential for social impact, and sustainability.
The rules are simple and the deadline is on September 26, 2007, coinciding with the release of the 2008 Doing Business report which will focus on gender.
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The problem with computer games and the whole impact of technology over recent years has been that it has led to a reduction in the health of the wealthy countries while at the same time medicating them to help them live longer as part of a larger business model that supports first world countries and the excess they feed off. People overeat and lack exercise because it is assumed that whatever happens to them medicine will cure them as they sit playing games or wathcing television.
We are losing touch with being human and this has had a terrible effect on our health and wellbeing. Big business relies on passive consumption of newer merchandise, drugs, food etc.
The fresh air is free and so is running, playing outside and cycling.
Kids need to be encouraged to take part more in sports and lay off the PC games a bit. Why do people think Brazil's kids are so good at football?
Because they are not being driven to the burger bar in a 4x4 while playing a computer game!
Posted by: Nathan Sturley | Sep 2, 2007 3:16:47 PM
UNICEF have been using games as a tool to educate children on important development issues for quite some time now. One game involves running a refugee camp while another raises awareness of HIV/AIDS.
It is quite interesting and I am intrigued to see how it progresses.
Posted by: Espen | Feb 1, 2009 11:17:00 AM