TWiV #7 - Viruses in video games

Vincent, Dick, and Aidan discuss how viral infections play prominent roles in notable video games. Three games are discussed: World of Warcraft , Pandemic II , and Bioshock . An article on how World of Warcraft became a model for the transmission of virus infections was published in Lancet Infectious Diseases . The title of the article is “The untapped potential of virtual game worlds to shed light on real world epidemics.” After we did the netcast we learned of a game for the iPhone called ‘Virus’. In this game your body is infected with a virus, and you must clear the infection by controlling white blood cells. The game is at the iTunes App store. Science podcast pick of the week: MicrobiologyBytes . TWiV is now part of Sciencepodcasters .