Game People Calling: He?s Fit for a Gamer

[pejhmon]

How do you row and use a controller at the same time? I am extremely confused by this.

as am I, unless you can integrate your controller into the handles that you row with? although that would be incredible awkward to use.

No, I do not think this is worth it.
It demands you to do three things at a once atleast.

I'll stick with my Wii Fit and my DS Fitness games.

How does that work, exactly?
Wrist exercise?

pron for DS ??

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Iron Man + cross trainer = exercise based awesome! (from experience!)

Just like sprinting on a treadmill (or running on general) while listening to this song:
And most other uptempo Batman soundtrack songs. You're not running, you're dashing. Include a cape and you are the Dark Knight! So freakin' awesome.

Yep, dashing is always cooler than running. Always. (Note to self: Get hold of Dark Knight soundtrack, change morning "run" to morning "dash". Or possibly morning "brood in impressive location")

 

[ThisNewGuy]

Well, considering that it's a fact that nobody can multitask (not even women), so doing 2 things at once will reduce individual performance, I'm not sure how much appeal this thing's gonna have.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I'll just stick to press-ups methinks, need to work off these fps playing arms somehow.

]The DS has fitness games?

I saw one called 'Stop Smoking with Alan Carr' once, if that counts.
I was horrified.

surely any good game will do a better job than that? Any good game keeps both hands and your mind active, therefore unable to light cigarettes, never mind smoke them. If you're struggling, put the pokey stick thing in your mouth as a placebo. (what are those things called, the name escapes me!)

Carts like Alan Carr and the recipe things are just books put on plastic and then quadrupled in price, and then useless unless you have battery power, I mean, who wouldn't buy a book instead of a cartridge?

I have to say it sounds like a great idea, adding fitness to games you actually want to play, however I sense it'll eventually just get disconnected and end up under the bed with the rowing machine, ankle weights and all the other fitness equipment bought when you were feeling guilty for eating a whole large pizza and a tub of ice cream on your own then foolishly turned on the shopping channel.

 

[CKalvin]

do not understand . . .

any game that requires ANY degree of finesse/precise control goes spastic once you start bloody ROWING

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

I'll just stick to press-ups methinks, need to work off these fps playing arms somehow.

]The DS has fitness games?

I saw one called 'Stop Smoking with Alan Carr' once, if that counts.
I was horrified.

I am too. Stop smoking? I haven't even started yet! And who the hell is Alan Carr, and why is trying to stop me!

English Comedian, actually pretty funny, the type that makes fun of himself mostly, i.e. his sexuality, looks and voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9X4gi_WUsA

Here's a link to part of one of his stand-ups, not exactly a voice you'd want to tell you to stop smoking though.

 

[Plurralbles]

I find this digusting. Go the fuck outside and exercise, perhaps the gym, and then play games while your muscles recover and you don't want to move.

Holy shit, it's not that difficult.

Fat lazy pieces...

 

[rsvp42]

I find this digusting. Go the fuck outside and exercise, perhaps the gym, and then play games while your muscles recover and you don't want to move.

Holy shit, it's not that difficult.

Fat lazy pieces...

Maybe I'm just being a purist, but I agree with this. Going to a gym or even just cutting out sodas and taking time to run around your block is not that hard. You'll look good, have more energy... plus, there's the laaaaadies. We need to do ourselves a favor and remember that gaming is a pastime, not a whole life. Unless of course you work in the video game industry. But I think even those guys and gals take time to go to the gym. And have families. So yeah, no excuses.

 

[Hap2]

Well, I really try to avoid multi-tasking when possible, as it has an adverse affect on short-term memory, and mine is not that great. I weight lift when I am taking classes, and right now I play a lot of DDR Max on Heavy, and I ref soccer (money, fun and exercise = win). I also cycle around town, so I would say I am getting a good amount of excersise.

This device is interesting, but I would probably not use it myself.

 

[silasbufu]

I find this digusting. Go the fuck outside and exercise, perhaps the gym, and then play games while your muscles recover and you don't want to move.

Holy shit, it's not that difficult.

Fat lazy pieces...

Amen to that . Nobody said the truth would be easy to take, so get some real excercise for fuck's sake!
These games make me sick.

 

[Hulyen]

No, I do not think this is worth it.
It demands you to do three things at a once atleast.

I'll stick with my Wii Fit and my DS Fitness games.

How does that work, exactly?
Wrist exercise?

I saw one at gamestop that looked like a walking game that came with ankle weights or something.

While the idea that you have to keep pedaling to play the game is an interesting idea, for less money you could probably buy an exercise bike and just watch a movie while you exercise.

Personal Trainer Walking - it comes with a couple of pedometers.