What happens when Guitar Hero, SimCity and the Game of Life (LIFE) collide? Apparently a Brain Hero is born . The Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center executive produced Brain Hero in collaboration with the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University and the USC Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute . Fabulous Psychic Bunny produced the video which was originally conceived by Nahil [...]

A nice article and formal announcement about CM&BHC on the USC News page:

As the changing landscape of media creates fresh opportunities for entertainment, research and education, a new center at USC aims to position itself at the nexus of innovative storytelling and the development of novel health awareness and management strategies.

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…is fast approaching!

http://www.gamesforhealth.org

I will be presenting at three sessions and I hope to see you there!

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Wellness Partners is a collaborative research project about exercise habits and perceived wellness designed by the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Keck School of Medicine, and School of Social Work. The study is coordinated through a partnership with USC’s Center for Work & Family Life. You are invited to help us test a newly developed intervention by [...]

I just came from a very lively conference hosted at USC, the 3rd Annual Body Computing Conference. I have been there since the beginning. The room is still mostly full of doctors and business people, but more and more designers and creative people are showing up. This year I was a panelist in a panel that [...]

(following Peter Brinson’s example, I am shamelessly promoting my class) Preliminary Syllabus Outline* draft syllabus CTIN492L – Experimental Game Topics (TTh 5-6.50pm – with serious coffee break…) Instructor: Marientina Gotsis Overview. This course will prepare students for designing interactive media-based health “interventions”, such as sensor-based games on mobile platforms. We will review priority health areas in the US [...]

Social Motivation Adaptive Reality Treatment Games (SMART-Games) is a research project for improving social competence in children. We invite your child to help us test an innovative game and game controller designed for children ages 6-12. Your child’s participation is requested for a play session that will last 30-60 minutes at USC’s Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab. [...]

Some shameless self-promotion because as we say in my little country, “if you don’t praise your own house, it will come tumbling down and crush you…” New article – hadn’t published in some time so this is important to me. Games, Virtual Reality, and the Pursuit of Happiness You can download it free if you are [...]

We’re looking for pairs ages 25-44 to start! Please forward widely!

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Wellness Partners is a networked activity diary and casual game that will launch in prototype mode for a pilot clinical study on Valentine’s Day 2009. This study is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We need your help! I am looking for pairs of people ages 18-65 who can play together for 7-10 days [...]

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Techno pundits and industry experts at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), held in August were hailing 3D films as the next big thing.

At the forum, animation supremo and CEO of DreamWorks Jeffery Katzenberg, said 3D filmmaking was the “greatest innovation to occur in the movie business in 70 years.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/12/future.cinema/index.html