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US Navy Considering Wii Fit and DDR For Boot Camp
almehdaaol writes "New military recruits are coming in physically heavier and out of shape, so the US Navy has decided to take an interesting course of action by creating a new training regimen inspired by the fitness-centric Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution."
This comes alongside a report confirming some of the BS we told our parents when we were growing up: "Bavelier said playing the kill-or-be-killed games can improve peripheral vision and the ability to see objects at dusk, and the games can even be used to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, a disorder characterized by indistinct vision in one eye. She said she believes the games can improve math performance and other brain tasks."
This came up about a week ago. My girlfriend does play Wii Fit and Super Mario Bros 3 on the NES from time to time, but she's never been what most would consider a hardcore gamer. I wouldn't consider myself hardcore anymore, but I definately was no more than a year ago. I've always been very heavy on first person shooters. Counter-Strike and Halo and the likes.
Anyways, so we were walking home from a party, outside campfire type thing. We walked past a church, and I noticed the sign said something a little funny, like "Monday 8:00 Weekly I hate my job session", and I laughed. She asked what was funny and I pointed out the sign. And she said "I can't read it, its too dark" which kind of struck me as odd. I mean I knew that people have trouble at certain lengths, depth perception can be affected by many things, but I had just kind of assumed everyone could see just as well in the dark.
I wonder now if its because of all those night missions during Rainbow 6 and Ghost Recon?
Though I'm open to the counter claim that perhaps my eyes had adjusted quicker than hers, or perhaps my eyes are just naturally better in the dark, or some other factor. I mean, I've also spent a lot more time with a computer in a dark room, so maybe that has an affect.