New Gamepad Designed To Build Muscles?

Posted by simoniker on Friday January 16, 2004 @07:38AM from the be-strong-and-beautiful dept.

Robmonster writes "The BBC are reporting a story about a product designed to address both exercise and videogaming in one fell swoop. According to the piece: 'A new type of gamepad from a US fitness equipment company aims to turn the couch potato gamer stereotype on its head. The Kilowatt controller by Powergrid Fitness is designed to build up muscle while playing a PlayStation 2, Xbox or PC game." The article explains: "In a racing game like Gran Turismo, the harder you push on the joystick, the faster a car goes, while pulling back slows down the vehicle."

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Re:White House Approved Lifestyle by micromoog · 2004-01-16 08:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The US prefers to emphasize that a healthy lifestyle can also be an enjoyable lifestyle.
More specifically, the administration prefers the position that a healthy lifestyle needn't exclude the delicious products of the Coca-Cola(R) Company and McDonald's(R) Corporation.
I have my concerns by amplt1337 · 2004-01-16 11:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Uhh. The picture of the guy in the article doesn't encourage my hopes for this thing's prospects...

...Oh wait. I'm the only one who actually read the article.

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