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cf. Propcycle
First thing that came to my mind when I read the headline was Propcycle.
I'd love to rig something similar up, using MS Flight Simulator and an exercise bike.
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Re:I can't be the only one
What would be great is if the Wii could have some game where you strap Wiimotes to your arms and legs with some sort of holder and you could have more of a full-body dancing game that could detect your motions. I wonder if this arcade has or plans to have some game like that?
In the arcades, there do exist dancing games that involve or include hand movement. One is called Para Para Paradise; the sensor mechanism is that your arm breaks vertical light beams. For home users, there are versions of DDR that use the PS2 EyeToy as a secondary controller, requiring the user to clap or wave hands at particular points in the game. But the home game that best meets your description is EyeToy Kinetic. The camera detects the movement of your body; you run around waving your arms and legs to hit or avoid onscreen targets. It's pretty cool; when it works, it does feel like aerobic dancing. -
Re:It beats watching TV at the gym
There was an arcade game called "Sky Cycle" about ten years ago,
The game was actually called PropCycle. You drove a pedal-powered hanglider. You could coast in stretches, but stop pedalling for too long and it stalls. -
some schools are already doing this.
If the government had ANY, I repeat ANY sense at all, they'd look into this, and support or fund, to stem the apparent obesity epidemic the media is reporting on among America's youth. Is there? Really?
The government is already on this bandwagon. Local grade schools are using Dance Dance Revolution as part of a physical exercise program. West Virginia has it in all 765 public schools in the state.If you're interested in following this issue, let me humbly recommend my blog.
Disclaimer: yeah, that was a blatant plug.
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Evangelizing the benefits of videogames.2. Evangelize the benefits of videogames.
Such as that videogames can help you get fit? So far that project is going okay, as far as the New York Times is concerned...
(That was a mirror; the original is behind their firewall here)
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Evangelizing the benefits of videogames.2. Evangelize the benefits of videogames.
Such as that videogames can help you get fit? So far that project is going okay, as far as the New York Times is concerned...
(That was a mirror; the original is behind their firewall here)
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Videogames can be *good* for health!Videogames don't have to be sedentary. Dance Dance Revolution is aerobic exercise in the form of a game. Eyetoy:Kinetic is a solid fitness training program the bulk of which involves playing videogames. Youself!Fitness is a "game" that teaches you yoga and exercises every muscle you've got in more ways than you knew were possible.
Videogames also don't have to be socially isolating - regular MMORPG players certainly have more active social interaction than kids who spend all their time reading or watching TV...
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Videogames can be *good* for health!Videogames don't have to be sedentary. Dance Dance Revolution is aerobic exercise in the form of a game. Eyetoy:Kinetic is a solid fitness training program the bulk of which involves playing videogames. Youself!Fitness is a "game" that teaches you yoga and exercises every muscle you've got in more ways than you knew were possible.
Videogames also don't have to be socially isolating - regular MMORPG players certainly have more active social interaction than kids who spend all their time reading or watching TV...
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Videogames can be *good* for health!Videogames don't have to be sedentary. Dance Dance Revolution is aerobic exercise in the form of a game. Eyetoy:Kinetic is a solid fitness training program the bulk of which involves playing videogames. Youself!Fitness is a "game" that teaches you yoga and exercises every muscle you've got in more ways than you knew were possible.
Videogames also don't have to be socially isolating - regular MMORPG players certainly have more active social interaction than kids who spend all their time reading or watching TV...
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/Frivolous/ gaming for health is more fun!This world needs fewer health conferences and more games like Mocap Boxing, Propcycle, and Dance Dance Revolution. And more home controllers like the Kilowatt Sport.
Fortunately the trend is well established. Thus, I predict that future videogame players will all be lean, flexible, well-muscled, finely-trained athletes able to beat up football players and steal their lunch money.
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/Frivolous/ gaming for health is more fun!This world needs fewer health conferences and more games like Mocap Boxing, Propcycle, and Dance Dance Revolution. And more home controllers like the Kilowatt Sport.
Fortunately the trend is well established. Thus, I predict that future videogame players will all be lean, flexible, well-muscled, finely-trained athletes able to beat up football players and steal their lunch money.
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/Frivolous/ gaming for health is more fun!This world needs fewer health conferences and more games like Mocap Boxing, Propcycle, and Dance Dance Revolution. And more home controllers like the Kilowatt Sport.
Fortunately the trend is well established. Thus, I predict that future videogame players will all be lean, flexible, well-muscled, finely-trained athletes able to beat up football players and steal their lunch money.
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/Frivolous/ gaming for health is more fun!This world needs fewer health conferences and more games like Mocap Boxing, Propcycle, and Dance Dance Revolution. And more home controllers like the Kilowatt Sport.
Fortunately the trend is well established. Thus, I predict that future videogame players will all be lean, flexible, well-muscled, finely-trained athletes able to beat up football players and steal their lunch money.