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The DDR Workout - It's Official
webster1 writes with a followup to a recent Ask Slashdot question. "An AP news story just released says that Dance Dance Revolution is becoming the weight-loss routine of choice for many young gamers. One quote says '"At first I was playing it for fun, but when you see results you're like, Yeah!" said Matt Keene, a 19-year-old from Charleston, South Carolina, who used to weigh more than 350 pounds and wear pants with a 48-inch waist.' It's for grown-ups too. Even Jason Enos, product manager at Konami Digital Entertainment-America, which distributes the game in the U.S., has lost 30 pounds playing the game. There's even a site for DDR wieght loss fans: www.getupmove.com - My wife and I have been playing for months now with this goal in mind, though we aren't yet seeing these results." (A post from a few months ago talks about getupmove and gives some calorie-burn specifics.)
i used to get a workout from playing old-school arcade games, the ones where you had to press buttons 10 times a second. on the other hand i'm sure eating pizza and drinking soda more than counteracted any sweat i produced.
It's too bad im an uncoordinated computer geek...
He say 1 and 1 and 1 is 3, got to be good lookin' cause hes so hard to see...
Man, since this is Slashdot wouldn't you expect the article be about computer memory when you see 'DDR'...
Just imagine, not only will you be sweating off those 3 extra big macs you ate for lunch, but you'll also be providing hours of endless laughter and entertainment those around you!
Sometimes I like the Old Fashioned fun of getting outdoors and riding my bike. Of course, I have a GBA duct taped to my handlebars so I can have some real fun. It's fairly low impact... most of the time.
Bull Smith
BS Newswire
In the news today, teenagers have discovered that moving around alot helps you to lose weight.
"I tried the pizza dieet, the deep-fried pork diet, and the ice cream diet. Nothing worked until I spent hundreds of dollars a week playing Dance Dance Revolution!" said one formerly husky girl
Adults were a bit confused by the whole affair. One fit mother exclaimed "You mean they pay to dance? I've been doing that for years without paying a dime!"
This phenominon has already spawned a whole new industry. Entrepenurs have in the works a dollar bill treadmill/slot machine combination for gambling adults as well as a bicycle that takes credit cards and which commuters can rent by the day in order to get fit on their way to work.
Sapere aude!
Me: *slightly slurrish* Hi, howsh thingsh? ... *eyes slowly, and very floppily blink* ... Shpeaking of Guinessh, reckon there's any chance I'll get a lay outta you tonight? Like, if I buy you one or ... *hic* ... shomething?
:/ Next morning I woke up naked next to the pub's seventy year old bar hag.
Gorgeous Girl: Go away. Not interested you drunken son of a bitch.
Me: *laughs heartily* Well, that was shurely the Guinessh top ten of the worsht shmall mrshnahmblah
And that's all I remember
Thanks a lot man.
I think every geek and nerd has experienced this kind of panic at least once. :P
Don't stress, there are girls out there who actually like nerds.
Disclaimer: yes, I am female, no, there is nothing clinically or physically wrong with me, no you cannot have my phone number.