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Games That Raise the Heart Rate
The Rocky Mountain News is running an article by Kotaku's Brian Crecente entitled Fit to Play, about the effect that games with a workout component have on the health of the player. From the article: "...five years later and 100 pounds lighter, Jennsen is a video evangelist in the most 21st-century sense of the word, preaching the fat-melting, muscle-building power of video games to generations that have grown up holding joysticks."
...until some finds out the code for infinite stamina.
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What about games that just make your heartrate go up from shock or anticipation, such as Doom III or Counter-Strike?
Actually, if you tried swimming in an unheated pool at -20, you might be caught dead there.
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