We’ve been combining video games and physical activity for years now. We’ve had the Wii and its Balance Board, Microsoft’s Kinect, and the PlayStation Move. There are mobile apps to make your morning jog into playtime, and systems like Fitocracy to make your workout a friendly competition.
Technically this isn’t about games – but there are lots of zombies in games right? Okay, now we’ve justified this, take a gander at this awesome concept. Remember the crappy cross country runs you used to have to do in High School. Remember how boring they were? Imagine how much more motivated you’d have been if you were being chased by frickin’ zombies…
Duh, you say. Well the usefulness of the report suggests that playing video games ain’t entirely sedentary, and aren’t a threat to actual exercise. Ah, now do you see? Sports games are our friends.
No, not the British rock legends, the World Health Organisation, which called out video games as a prime contributor to sedentary lifestyles obesifying the planet’s children.
The game you see here will include a calorie counter. Lose weight by delivering a punch to the gut, followed by a head butt.
A new study has determined which Wii Fit and Wii Sports activities actually qualify as moderate intensity exercise, as defined by the American Heart Association. Are you actually exercising?