Posts tagged smoking 
US Dept. of Defense splashing out on anti-smoking game for soldiers
We can think of a ton of better ways the US Department of Defense could spend the nearly $4 million it's investing in an anti-smoking game for soldiers. For instance: a bonfire; a rocket ship to the sun; or even a ton of Nintendo DS systems and the already-in-existence Easyway to Stop Smoking game. ...
Floridian anti-smoking ad looks very familiar
Anti-smoking organization Tobacco Free Florida recently released a local TV spot featuring a fake FPS title, which for all intents and purposes, may as well be titled Haylo, created by little-known developer Spungie. The ad shows the unwisely unhelmeted hero laying waste to a squadron of robo-baddi...
Survey: Casual games keep the vices at bay
According to a recent survey conducted by Information Solutions Group (on behalf of casual games company RealGames) shows that casual gaming might be more than just a quick diversion (or frustration, if the game refuses to understand your speech). Other than providing a quick round of Sudoku, that...
Today in Joystiq: June 12, 2008
Does this image strike you at all as a bit ironic? More sagacious advice can be found in this gallery. Check out the highlights for today: Metal Gear?! Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition: The Unboxing Sagacious advice from the MGS4 install screen War has changed: a veteran's MGS4 experience Yeah, w...
Virtually Overlooked: Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon
Wii Fit has brought the idea of video games as health aids into the spotlight, as millions of people line up to pay $90 or more for a game that tells us to run in place in front of the TV. On a more academic level, the Games for Health conference explored the utility of video games for health-rela...
Friday Video: Way too easy
We know it's called the "Easyway Method" and all, but this video of Allen Carr's Easyway Method to Stop Smoking makes the process seem a bit too simple. You just play a minigame that illustrates how disgusting the components of cigarettes are, and then you're free from all desire to smoke? Really? ...
Ubisoft to help DS owners Stop Smoking
Ubisoft has announced plans to publish a DS game based on the "Easyway" smoking cessation program Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking, to be released in November will allow smokers to choose a coach (no doubt from a number of pleasant, athletic avatars) and create a program based on their own smoki...
Gamer uses Pokemon to quit smoking
Some people quit smoking with a patch, some with therapy, and some still with hypnosis or acupuncture. DS Fanboy reader Dan had an alternate method: he replaced his nicotine addiction with an addiction to Pokemon. So far he's only 40 days into the trial, but he's reporting success. (What is not r...
Show and Tell: Trading Pokemon for smokes
This week, we're getting away from our usual Show and Tell format. We're not sharing pictures of cute crafts or decorated DSes. Instead, we sat down with one of our readers to discuss a pretty serious subject: smoking. Or, more specifically, quitting smoking. More specifically still? Quitting smok...
Bad for your health, bad for your DS
You can easily predict the next couple of panels in this strip, but that doesn't make it any less funny! This cautionary comic reminds all the smokers out there why they shouldn't play with their Nintendo DS while sucking on a cigarette -- like smoking, it's just not a good idea in general! Put o...
