- Respondesign
responDesign, Inc is software development company that focused on "Games That Are Good For You." Originally founded in 2003 by
Ted Spooner , Phineas Barnes and Daryn Chapman in Portland Oregon around Phineas's idea to create a virtual personal trainer for video game consoles. The result wasYourself!Fitness a game/program that guided users through a series of workouts to better their health. Noted as one of the pre-eminent fitness gaming, orexergaming titles, it continues to garner attention as a popularserious game .Legal
In 2004, responDesign inc. was sued, along with
Microsoft by writerRoger Avary . The suit centred around the alleged use of one of Avery's ideas, Virtual Yoga, for a game created in partnership by responDesign and Microsoft.Chief Executive of the company claimed this allegation was bogus. [cite web |url=http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2004/11/17/pulp_writer_sues/ |title= Pulp Fiction writer sues over Virtual Yoga |publisher=The Register |date=2004-11-17 |accessdate= 2007-03-14]ee also
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exergaming
*Yourself!Fitness
*serious games External links
* [http://www.responDesign.com Official responDesign website]
References
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