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Pokemon Go Could Add 2.83 Million Years To Users' Lives, Says Study (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNNMoney: A new study from Microsoft Research found that the most interested Pokemon Go players took 26% more steps than before using the app. The largest behavior changes were seen among sedentary users. No matter their gender, age, weight or lifestyle, Pokemon Go users began to move more -- taking an extra 194 steps a day once they started using the app. (That's the equivalent of walking roughly one tenth of a mile.) The researchers estimate that Pokemon Go has added 144 billion steps to U.S. physical activity. That's 143 roundtrips to the moon. The study was published online this month in the Cornell Library University. Since activity reduces mortality risks, the researchers estimated that Pokemon Go could add 2.83 million years to the life expectancy of an assumed 25 million U.S. users. Based off research that showed walking reduces mortality, the researchers calculated that Pokemon Go users who continued to walk an extra 1,000 steps a day would enjoy 41.4 days of additional life expectancy. The Microsoft scientists examined data shared by 31,793 users of Microsoft Band, a wearable device, and Bing, the company's search engine. They compared the movement data from the wearables with users' web search queries. Pokemon Go players were identified by web searches that indicated they were playing the game. The Microsoft team also looked at four of the most popular health apps on Apple and Android devices. They found these apps had little impact on a person's behavior. The activity levels of Pokemon Go users changed far more.
I eat cruelty free meat. I take my animals to bed with me and smother them as they orgasm so they die at the moment of ultimate pleasure.
Important kitchen tip: A salad tastes a whole lot better if you, just before eating it, replace it with a steak.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Doc, how can I live longer?
You drink?
Nope
Smoke?
Nope
Eat red meat?
Nope
Screw around?
Nope
Then why the hell do you want to live longer?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I'll simply stay a second order vegetarian. I eat animals that are vegetarian.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Games should be played for fun. Period. How long? Gee, I don't know, how long ago did Civilization 2 get launched?
Playing a game for ANY reason other than enjoyment is something I cannot really understand. Maybe that's why I rarely play MMOs for long. At some point, it stops being fun. It becomes a chore. Doing the same shit over and over to get a different number in front of your character portrait, so you can then go and participate in a group fight. Which is actually fun... for the first couple times. Then it again starts being a chore because you have to kill the same old monster a thousand times until whatever item you need to be "good enough" to enter another dungeon drops.
Sorry. Nope. I play games to enjoy myself. That may be for a few months. That may just be a few days. That may actually be a couple years. That may also be now again after I stopped for a few years. In the end, what matters is that games should be played for enjoyment of the act itself. Not some fake reward dangling like a carrot on a stick. The action itself should be rewarding. Then it's a good game.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.