VR Game Helps Detect Alzheimer’s
In the olden days of Nintendo and Atari, when video game consoles were new technology, the refrain was, “Games will rot your brain.” How the tables have turned. Games are everywhere in education now. They’re used in classrooms from kindergarten to college to teach math, science, vocabulary and more. Games are a way to engage […]
Patrick Sullivan GamesBreaks May Help You Learn Better
Back-to-school season is here, and you know what that means: long study sessions, furiously flying flashcards and endless rounds of quizzing your partners and having them quiz you. Before too long you’ll want a break. That just might be what you need. A 2019 study suggests that taking breaks can help the information you’ve just […]
Patrick Sullivan GamesAnnouncing Healing Blade: Defenders of Soma
Since the original Healing Blade sold out, people have been demanding a reprint - but instead we're offering a complete redesign! Check out our Kickstarter for Healing Blade: Defenders of Soma.
Brandon Games, News, The Healing BladeDo Real-Time Achieving Games Aid Productivity?
Before I begin, I have to disclose that this idea was stolen from my girlfriend (with permission). Additionally, it is an idea that I practice often, which I used to do daily, and solely based on personal experience with no medical evidence. So the question that I pose is: do real-time achieving games aid your […]
Joseph Wong Concepts, Games, Random Stuff, Rants, Uncategorized achievements, games, Jurassic Park Builder, procrastination, productivity, Tiny TowerHealing Blade released for iPad
HEALING BLADE is released on iPAD. Programmed by Wulven Studios, the makers of Shadow Era, the game of infectious disease card battle is available through apple for only $3.99. If you buy it, please give us a review! One of the great things about this version compared to the physical product with actual cards is […]
nerdmed101 Games, The Healing Blade, UpdatesCell Command
Just learned about an educational science game called Cell Command. You start out clicking on codons to make amino acids, then you’re in a mitochondrion adding P to ADP, and pretty soon you’re helping the cell be selective about what it allows through its membranes. Neat learning tool for kids, and well produced: Cell-Command Demo
nerdmed101 Games, Random StuffThe Art of Blowing Cartridges
I grew up in an era of video game cartridges – large, plastic, square holders for prized video game technology chips. They were great as a result of their additive effect to the overall experience of trying to operate and play an early console such as Nintendo or Super Nintendo (among others). I’m sure that […]
nerdmed101 Games, Geekdom, Random Stuff, Rants, Uncategorized the art of blowing cartridges nintendo and super nintendo are the best the art of medicineTower Defense (Diabetes Mellitus Version II.0)
Diabetes is a serious health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2011 it was projected that 25.8 million people in the United States suffered from diabetes (equating to about 8.3% of the US population) with 18.8 million people diagnosed with diabetes and a projected 7.0 million people who were […]
nerdmed101 Concepts, Games, Geekdom, Random Stuff, Rants, Reviews, Uncategorized Tower Defense Fieldrunners Diabetes Mellitus Type II IpodEnter Naruto: Kage Bunshin and Medicine
As a blogger for Nerdcore Learning and through its vision and spirit, I try to keep my posts revolved around merging a “nerdy” idea (usually involving video games, comics, and the likes) with an aspect of medicine (which I suppose would also be “nerdy” but more importantly, the “learning” perspective). In this post, I hope […]
nerdmed101 Concepts, Games, Geekdom, Random Stuff, Rants, Reviews, Uncategorized Naruto Medicine Blog Random Ninjas Reiki Chakra Complementary AlternativeHealing Blade 3.0
Last year when I got my hands on a copy of Healing Blade, I tore open the box full of anticipation. Cool artwork! And a science theme! Games about science have been an interest of mine for some time. Games are fun and science is fascinating. Combine the two and you can potentially get quite […]
nerdmed101 Games, The Healing Blade, Updates