Entrepreneurs Optimistic on 'Exergaming'
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Consumer electronics companies commonly cater to couch potatoes by pitching bigger television sets, more mesmerizing video games and remote controls that can even place online orders for pizza. But a small cadre of entrepreneurs at the world's largest technology exposition hope their gizmos make you work up a sweat.
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NEW YORK  - Video games involving multiple   players serve as informal gathering places akin to old-time   pubs and coffee shops, and can thereby boost the players'   social connections, researchers argue in a new study.
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Game makers are not doing enough to attract people who only play occasionally, a conference has been told.
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uestion: My friends convinced me that, instead of quitting my job to start a business, I should get an online venture going from home as a first step.
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From an online travel organizer  to a real estate pricing game, the ideas of the newest Web  entrepreneurs are still finding attentive ears.
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Never mind kickball or soccer. Some schools are now getting kids to break a sweat with exergaming fitness centers
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Investor's Business Daily - Playing online games just five or 10 minutes before work helps reduce stress, a study of McGill Univ. found. In the study, a group of telemarketers was asked to play a game before their shift started. The game, MindHabits, is designed so that players must find the smiling faces quickly among different faces. After a week, the group that played the game were rated as being more confident in their phone calls and made more sales. They also showed higher self-esteem, and less stress.
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For those who have started their own business or are thinking of doing so, thereâs inspiration, comfort, camaraderie â as well as nitty-gritty advice â online.
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As new titles become more innovative, existing players scramble to keep up.
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The gaming industry is increasingly pursuing casual or coffee-break gamers, those who indulge in short-term play of games including puzzles, solitaire and mah-jongg.
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For players with ambitions to develop games, Electronic Arts must appear to be the best place in the world, but there is unhappiness among those living that dream.
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An 'elite' sport tries to pump up participation by appealing to a workout-mad America.
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Video game makers are intent on winning the hearts and cash of those that prefer trivia, puzzles, mysteries, music or virtual zaniness to animated warfare.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 (Reuters Life!) - Think a job in the  video game business will involve shooting monsters and taking  on virtual missions all day, every day? Think again.
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Entrepreneurs said they could gain an edge by offering generous perks to staffers ranging from pet sitting to spa visits and luxury cruises.
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Think a job in the  video game business will involve shooting monsters and taking  on virtual missions all day, every day? Think again.
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A veteran of the dot-com boom, Wayne McVicker, offers a few tips for business owners in a new book, Starting Something: An Entrepreneur&#39;s Tale of Control, Confrontation &amp; Corporate Culture.