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The Gym Arcade

Posted by kdawson on from the exertainment dept.

theodp writes "Cross Halo with an exercise bike, and you get Expresso Fitness' S3, which lets you blow away dragons by squeezing handlebar-mounted triggers as you pedal hard through the Chinese countryside. Portfolio notes that a new generation of Wii-like workouts is hitting gyms and homes, with companies like GameRunner incorporating treadmills into First Person Shooters and Kickstart offering mini steppers and cycles for popular game systems."

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  1. WoW News Flash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Blizzard has announced they are working on an upcoming upgrade to their hamster powered servers.

  2. Re:GameBike by djdavetrouble · · Score: 4, Funny

    Custom games written for it could make it much more fun.

    Paperboy 2009 !!!

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  3. Re:lmao by Requiem18th · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I'm antisocial you insensitive clod!!

      WTF, it's the first chance I get to make this joke and it turns out to be sincere.

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    But... the future refused to change.