First, a new study argues that overeating, not underexercise, is the primary factor in America's obesity epidemic. If it's the case (or even if it's not), the implications for so-called exergames are clear. A game can mount a procedural rhetoric about the social standards of portion size and how such standards relate to obesity, but it cannot be performative, that is, a game cannot make someone eat less in the process of playing... or can it?

Vector City Racers, an online multiplayer casual game targeted at kids 6-12, just announced announced a partnership with the National Childhood Obesity Foundation. The partnership includes the sharing of resources and the redirection of a (small amount) of Vector City subscription fees to the cause.