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The DDR Workout - It's Official

Posted by timothy on from the up-up-down-down-a-a-b-a dept.

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.)

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  1. "when I saw the results..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was like, Yeah! first post

  2. off topic??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's funny

  3. Re:It's a PLOY I TELL YOU! by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, I am ANAL....Communist Right??!#@#!@ Saying that is the equivalent of having your legs pulled by two horses in opposite directions....

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  4. [PSA] THINK ABOUT YOUR MODERATION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:[PSA] THINK ABOUT YOUR MODERATION by Qrlx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      For instance, this comment will probably get some negative mod points, and it really doesn't need any. But I'm using my +1 Karma Bonus (and I just realized how amazingly gay that sounds. DM can I get a +2 Karma Bonus? Shit where was I. Shit gotta close the parens. ) Shit. Well anyway, unless you can fathom a world in which this post might ever be read, YOU MUST MOD IT DOWN, ESP IF OTHERS HAVE ALREADY DONE SO. THOSE MOD POINTS ARE THE ONES THAT RE TRACKED IN THE SECRED SLASHDOT MODERATION DATABASE. I CAN'T SAY MORE UNLESS YOU MOD ME DOWN TO OBLIVION!!!!! -7 IS A GOOD START.

  5. Re:I know that chick who lost all that weight... by Qrlx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you get to stick it in her?

  6. front page news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    while this and this after a day are still at less than 20 comments each...
    oh well.
    who has time to read depressing stuff like that. maybe some of those people stranded in remote alaskan villages by the no-fly list can use the extra time on their hands to lose weight playing video games (now that they've read this story, and just in case they missed it yesterday).

  7. Hay. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i recognize that Tanya chick

    SAENODA FUCKING SOLD OUT.

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  8. Re:Yes...it does work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mr. Rodman?

    I'm sure anyone who calls himself/his penis Mr. Rodman swings both ways.