The short answer is "NOTHING." Playnormous 100% free. The mission of Playnormous is to improve the health and lives of children. This applies to all children, big and small, rich and poor. Playnormous won't require a monthly subscription fee and doesn't have any "try-and-buy" features.

We are well aware that virtual communities can serve as dangerous hunting grounds for online criminals, such as identity thieves and stalkers, with children particularly at risk. For that reason, Playnormous users are not able to display personal information of any kind. If your child is 12 years old or younger, a parent or guardian will have to approve the child's email address and screen name before the child receives full Playnormous privileges. Parental participation in the online experience is greatly encouraged.

The Playnormous team is an energetic and talented group of game developers, artists, and animators. We strive to make fun games and and interactive content for kids that will make them live healthier lives.

Archimage, the parent company of Playnormous, has been "designing what's next" for a quarter century. During the last decade we've been working with our colleagues in the health research arena to find ways to reach kids with a healthy message. Improving nutrition and increase physical activity is the goal.

The work we're doing with the Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, USDA, and the National Institutes of Health is making its way onto the Playnormous website. Your children will be the beneficiaries of this work, as Playnormous content comes from our work with the medical research community and has been field tested with kids.

Juice Jumble is fresh!

Can you believe it? It's ALREADY time for another Playnormous game release! Juice Jumble is live and ready to action. Try it out and let us know what you think! This is a tasty little game all about fruit juice...or lack thereof. 100% juice, 100% juice blends, juice drinks, fruit drinks, and fruit-flavored drinks. We think it's pretty darn challenging. Give it a try and see if you can make the Top 15 List. Bubble Trouble has been just been released!

Our second featured game, Bubble Trouble, is up and ready to play. Help Chicken Dawg learn all about being fit by popping aerobic bubbles and collecting activity minutes for the day. Careful--strength activities like weight lifting don't count as aerobic minutes. But watch out for sedentary bubbles--they turn into rocks and block the screen. Dude!! Post your high scores on Playnormous.

Now when you play any of our games you can post your high score. Try to get into the top 15 or beat your personal best. Nothing like a little competition to liven up your day! See all our best buddies on the Friends and Researchers page.

The Playnormous site now features a page dedicated to all our wonderful friends and researchers. Check out some of their sites by going here. Extra, extra, read our Press and News page.

We're getting a lot of press these days, and it's hard to keep track sometimes. So we've added a new page to the Playnormous site which catalogs all of the amazing folks that are writing about us. Check out the Press and News section and see what people are saying about Playnormous. New 3D medical animation from our friends at CareFlash.

Playnormous is teaming up with CareFlash to let you see hundreds of their
3D healthcare animations on disorders, procedures, and anatomy, all medically accurate and explained in a way that is easy to understand. We're ready to give you a sneak peek of the Playnormous website!!

We're still working hard, building fun and exciting games and activities for kids. When we're done, kids and their parents will find a monstrous selection of health games that are all "kid-tested" and "doctor-approved." You'll be able to navigate through the site as a Monster Mini of your choice, which can be customized with your favorite colors and accessories. Playnormous will be free to join, and by joining you can earn Monster Money that can be spent outfitting your monster's world. Track your high scores, set goals and challenges, vote for your favorite games, and more! Our new game Bubble Trouble is up and running.

April Fools!! Sorry, just had to take advantage. We are still working on our second game called Bubble Trouble. In this game, the player uses an underwater monster to crash into bubbles and collect 30 minutes of aerobic activity for the day. But be careful, if you hit a strength or sedentary bubble, you might get into trouble! The goal is for players to learn what an aerobic exercise is, what is not an aerobic exercise, which exercises are better, how many minutes they need in a day. Check back soon to play the Bubble Trouble game. Today the Monster's Blog was born.

The Monster's Blog is designed to keep you informed about the latest and greatest at the Playnormous office. The author and editor of the Monster's Blog is Melanie M. Mowry, MPH, Director of Marketing. Melanie has been charged with the task of keeping you informed about all things Playnormous. The new, the old, the technology, the science, the games, the fun.