Type of site Magazine website Owner Antwand Pearman | Available in English Website gamerfitnation.com | |
Slogan(s) Don't Just Be Fit, Be Gamer Fit Launched 6 April 2010; 6 years ago (2010-04-06) |
GamerFitnation, or GamerFitnation.com, is a magazine website which focuses on technology, particularly video games, fitness, and healthy lifestyle information. The online media publication was founded by Antwand Pearman on April 6, 2010 to promote physical and mental health while gaming.
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Mission
GamerFitnation provides mental and physical health information, with the assistance of health professionals, such as recipes, exercise advice, reviews of more active games, and other health related information. They also provide news, reviews, releases, and other information that relates to gaming. They clarify in their mission statement that this material could be sensitive, and therefore they present it with an emphasis on respectfulness. Overall, the site promotes well being through a balanced lifestyle
Day of Cease Fire
On December 21, 2012, CEO of GamerFitnation, Antwand Pearman, called for a controversial online shooting game cease fire to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. An estimated 50,000 people participated in the event. The event was promoted on GamerFitnation’s site and social media portals, and was also promoted by others including the group Anonymous. The event was also featured on CNN, as well as many other news outlets. The Cease Fire event is anticipated to repeat annually, with the second annual cease fire to occur on December 21, 2013.
Development
GamerFitnation originally was a Ning Site, serving as essentially a forum for users to discuss gaming and health issues and had the tag ”Finding the Balance between Gaming and Health.” The original GamerFitnation logo, which featured a medical caduceus made of video game peripherals, was created by Nathaniel Blasi. Eventually the site developed into a blog, and is currently a website. Writers are regarded as members of the press. In early 2012, the site re-branded, creating a new tag "Where Gaming and Health Come Together" and added "#BeGamerFit" to their slogan of "Don't Just Be Fit, Be Gamer Fit". GamerFitnation also updated their logo with a design by Edward Ofori-Attah.
Antwand Pearman, founder and current president and Editor in Chief of GamerFitnation, has kept a hands-on approach with the site since creating it in 2010. In addition to writing articles and managing staff and the site, Pearman represents the company during most events and interviews. GamerFitnation's Executive Editor and Vice-President is Gregory Laporte, who has been with GamerFitnation since the early stages of the site.
Features
GamerFitnation has been featured numerous times by major publications, particularly following the Sandy Hook Cease Fire event.
The following featured GamerFitnation and Antwand Pearman in regards to the Cease Fire event for Sandy Hook:
Other features include: