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"Treadmills and stretching are out: Physical therapists are turning to the Nintendo Wii to help the injured and infirm get their grooves back while increasing flexibility and strength. Click on over to see a video of a 70-year-old patient looking awfully spry as he hits a few balls in Nintendo's Wii Sports tennis game... all part of a medical therepy regimen.

This is hardly the first time that video games have been used for medical and health purposes. Nintendo's Brain Age series is popularly prescribed to help elderly patients stay sharp as a sort of "exercise" for the mind. Re-Mission was designed for children with cancer, helping to inform them about treatment while keeping their spirits up during therapy. The company says the game has been shown to actually improve the prognosis for patients, saying that players actually maintain higher chemotherapy levels in the blood, suggesting the game helps them stick to their therepy schedules [PDF link]. Check out the Games for Health initiative for more news on the topic.

The Wii, though, is moving gaming out of niche applications and into the mainstream because the console is so accessible to such a wide variety of players. (You should see my four-year-old play Wii Carnival Games.) The upcoming Wii Fit could be a real killer in this category for those who don't have the sense of rhythm that Dance Dance Revolution requires: Check out the video at the following link to see how it could make working out into something you look forward to, whether you're eight or eighty.

See, mom? I told you video games were good for you!

LINK: Nintendo Wii Providing Therapeutic Opportunity"

I strongly disagree...

It has a very bad influence in our youngsters... .

depende baya kay kung gusto ko makatulgon sa gabii i just grabbed my very primitive na joystick na ang dula nako na guika buangan hanggtud karon is Pacman!

I miss my old nintendo nga maoy akong gamit sa una mag duwa ug Super Mario.

Huhuhu. Never jud nako na rescue ang princess.

i hate that princess.

hala ka! nganong hate man nimo, Mikey?

di nako sya ma rescue hangtud nag daku na lang ko nagpa hard to get!

hahaha!

wala nimo na pildi ang dragon?

wala jud kay perteng igata ning Marioha ni na sige lang ug lukso!

Pero makalipay man pud labi na ug iyang mapislat ang mga mushrooms hehehe

mao na! pero hangtud karon ganahan pa man ko aning Pacman nako uy,salamat jud ko na wala pa guihapon maguba hangtud karon!

hehehehe,

ning luktad jud imong PacMan

nabuang sad ko sa  game sa psp nga "frantix"...its a puzzle game!!! maka adik! makapungot sd usahay mao nga mabalibag jd nako sa bed akong psp basta dli najd ko ka solve sa puzzle...

Quote from: frog70 on October 05, 2007, 05:42:10 AM
"Treadmills and stretching are out: Physical therapists are turning to the Nintendo Wii to help the injured and infirm get their grooves back while increasing flexibility and strength. Click on over to see a video of a 70-year-old patient looking awfully spry as he hits a few balls in Nintendo's Wii Sports tennis game... all part of a medical therepy regimen.

This is hardly the first time that video games have been used for medical and health purposes. Nintendo's Brain Age series is popularly prescribed to help elderly patients stay sharp as a sort of "exercise" for the mind. Re-Mission was designed for children with cancer, helping to inform them about treatment while keeping their spirits up during therapy. The company says the game has been shown to actually improve the prognosis for patients, saying that players actually maintain higher chemotherapy levels in the blood, suggesting the game helps them stick to their therepy schedules [PDF link]. Check out the Games for Health initiative for more news on the topic.

The Wii, though, is moving gaming out of niche applications and into the mainstream because the console is so accessible to such a wide variety of players. (You should see my four-year-old play Wii Carnival Games.) The upcoming Wii Fit could be a real killer in this category for those who don't have the sense of rhythm that Dance Dance Revolution requires: Check out the video at the following link to see how it could make working out into something you look forward to, whether you're eight or eighty.

See, mom? I told you video games were good for you!

LINK: Nintendo Wii Providing Therapeutic Opportunity"

This is my current favorite right now. I usually have a LAN system based game play--where 16 of us guys connect our x-box 360s and play multiplayer....with the game HALO3

Quote from: C2H4 on October 11, 2007, 09:09:24 AM
I miss my old nintendo nga maoy akong gamit sa una mag duwa ug Super Mario.

Huhuhu. Never jud nako na rescue ang princess.

same here. hangtud karon makig ilog pako para lang maka play sa super mario.

Quote from: C2H4 on October 11, 2007, 09:33:35 AM
hahaha!

wala nimo na pildi ang dragon?

naka patay ko sa dragon, twice pa lang jud. hahaha

im not much of a gamer but my hubby and my son, sus grabe! mg contest lang..

but im a certified dance revo addict..hahaha!