Using a Treadmill and Wiimotes To Run and Fly in Aion

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 22, 2009 @06:14PM from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

MMO fans may recall news from last year when a treadmill was hooked into World of Warcraft so players could run in real life to make their characters run, getting exercise while playing. Now, with the release of Aion, which features characters with wings, the makers of the Robopult decided to take it a step further. Reader wintersynth writes "We hooked a treadmill and Wiimotes through BlueTooth and GlovePIE to Aion so we could take advantage of the run/fly sequences and get fit while we play the game. It's kind of like interval training, which is supposed to burn more fat and be better for cardio. It's too tough to play this way all the time, but for a quest a day, it might be perfect."

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Re:Sad by ACKyushu · 2009-09-22 18:37 · Score: 0, Troll

First thing that pops into my head is lawsuit. Crazy country.
The first thing that pops into my head is "How are people on raids are going to snarfle down their Twinkies, Dual flavor Doritos and "Gamer Fuel" branded High Fructose Corn Syrup laden piss-water with both hands occupied?!?!" Hmmm, Yeah, I am pretty sure this is not going to be a hit down at the Guild Hall. *sigh* Looks like the Wiimote is not the answer to laziness after all.