In Real Life

A Trampoline: The Newest, Bounciest Game Controller Of All

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.


November 15, 2011
News

Getting Fit The Skyrim Way

A new fitness program that asks gamers to earn time gaming by exercising is targeting fans of one of the biggest releases of the year.


October 5, 2011
In Real Life

Get Fit… By Running Away From Zombies

Kotaku AU

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


December 14, 2010
News

Pac-Man Creator Wants To Pump You Up

Pac-Man might have been inspired by pizza, but that doesn’t mean its creator, Toru Iwatani, wants you to chow on greasy food all day.


November 4, 2010

Review: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved

At last, I have a way to exercise in front of my TV without any contraptions near my body but still with a way to get yelled at if my form is bad. No joke: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved has the potential to be a huge breakthrough in home fitness.


July 9, 2010
News

Study Says Kids Likely To Play Video Game Sports In Real Life

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.


April 4, 2010
News

The WHO Says Games Make Kids Fat

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.


March 19, 2010
News

The World’s Most Badass Exercise Video Game

The game you see here will include a calorie counter. Lose weight by delivering a punch to the gut, followed by a head butt.


November 24, 2009
News

Wii Fitness Shares Store With Dumbbells, Treadmills

David Campisi’s life is all about exercise and sports.


November 17, 2009
News

Wii Fit And Wii Sports Exercise Weighed And Measured

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?