Packy & Marlon (PC)

Packy & Marlon, an interactive adventure video game that uses experiential learning to improve self-management of diabetic children and adolescents, was evaluated in a six-month controlled trial. In the game, youngsters play the role of a character that has diabetes; they manage their character's blood glucose monitoring, insulin use, and food selections for four simulated days, while the character tries to save a diabetes summer camp from marauding rats and mice. Keeping their character's blood glucose within the normal range, through appropriate insulin and food, helps players win the game.