What should you do with a fat kid? No, don't lock him in a cage without food for a week, you jerk. Give him some exergames to play. What are exergames, you ask? Oh, just the latest catchphrase that describes videogames that are designed for movement, such as Wii Fit.
At an international health conference held this week in Montreal, organizer of the 2008 McGill Health Challenge Think Tank Lauren Dube commented that exergames are a favorable way for overweight children to stay active. Also maintaining the same stance was Linda Carson, a P.E. professor at West Virginia University, who commented: "...exergaming needs to be recognised as an exciting alternative to traditional physical education."
I don't disagree, but I absolutely cannot tolerate this new "exergames" catchphrase bullsh*t. Kill it now, before it breeds!
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10:25 AM on 11.04.2008
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Also, your first question is a loaded one.
As someone who just got Wii Fit, I have to say that I'm currently in extreme pain in my calves because of that game. Having not exercised in quite a while, I did two 30 minute segments two days in a row, mixing strength training, yoga, and some of the balance games. Right now I can barely walk up and down stairs because using Wii Fit.
Frankly, I love it because it's letting me know how out of shape I've been. I was sweating like crazy after two rounds of Super Hula Hoop, and my legs have been in pain for the past two days. AS far as I"m concerned, this stupid game is actually worth playing if you want to do something about your weight.
Now, with respect to "exergame" ... that phrase was apparently dreamed up by the same jackass who came up with "mebibyte" and "gibibyte", phrases that that I absolutely refuse to use. "Casual gamer", "Exergame", ugh...
And, tornotlukin, don't you give them any ideas! What's next? "Oh, Okami! That's a wolvigame!"
What has science done?!
Bloody buzz words, along with blue-sky thinking manager bullshit are a scar on this race of ours.
And yeah, I'd still rather go the gym, run, or play sports than buy into this bollocks.
Because you know, DDR hasn't been out for ages or anything...
When I was in high school, I friend and I had a small campaign which we brought to elementary school educating them about how DDR could be used as a phys. ed. tool. The kids loved it.
Done and done.
I dunno... I'm pretty fat, and I managed to pass gym back in my heyday.
- TBG (total body game)
- AG (active gaming)
- SIG (sweat-inducing game)
- CG (cardio-gaming)
- TG (training game)
- LFG (Lose the Fat game)
- MWG (muscle-workout game)
I'm a little overweight myself, we should hang out!
If you want to lost weight do DDR for reals it actually makes you really move. Unless you have retarded feet