fitness
News
Wii Fit And Wii Sports Exercise Weighed And Measured
4:20AM Mike Fahey | 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? More »
Hands On
Good Advice: Don’t Work Out Like A Progammer
9:00AM Stephen Totilo | Wise choices may make EA’s Wii fitness sequel improve upon its predecessor. But the decision not to support MotionPlus makes the game prone to cheating — as, it seems programmers, like many who try to exercise, are wont to do. More »
News
This Could Be The Biggest Wii Pack Shot Ever
3:20AM Mike Fahey | Here’s the pack shot for Cyberbike, the Nintendo Wii exercise game that comes with its very own, full-size exercise bike packed right in. More »
Culture
Peter Moore Challenges Obama To A Fitness-Off
4:30AM Owen Good | President Obama again referred to video games as a family-life negative in his Father’s Day message. But Peter Moore – grabbing for publicity – challenges him to drop the rhetoric and see what they offer. More »
Media
Wii Fit Girl Back, Shilling Wii Fit Clone For EA Sports
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Hey, look, it’s Wii Fit girl. Cheating on Wii Fit with its slutty new competitor, EA Sports Active. More »
Culture
GameStop Employees In Fat Suits And The Ballad Of Ralph
11:40AM Mike Fahey | The only thing better than being a low-paid retail employee, is being a low-paid retail employee coerced into wearing a fat suit in order to help promote fitness games at Los Angeles GameStops. More »
Jogging Controller Adds The Fun Of Jogging To Your Games
3:00AM Mike Fahey | New Concept Gaming Ltd. has answered the prayers of gamers who for years have wished they could combine the playing of Wii and PlayStation 2 games, with the fun of running in place. More »
UK Scientists Testing The Wii’s Exercise Potential
10:20AM Stuart Houghton | Is Playing on the Wii actually any good for you? Kotaku was all over this from the start – check out our groundbreaking study – but apparently the Lancet don’t take papers from gaming blogs. Their loss. More »
Nintendo Pedometer Is For DS Walking Game
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Mystery. Solved. That mysterious Nintendo pedometer from the other day has turned out to be more than a patented pipe-dream, as it featured in yesterday’s Nintendo Fall Press Conference. The pedometer is to be bundled with DS game “Your Life Rhythm”, which is basically a Brain Training/Wii FIt kinda program, just for your DS. And all you do is walk. So exactly like a normal pedometer, then, just a little more expensive, and a little more fiddly, since a normal pedometer doesn’t make you plug it into a portable gaming system just to see how far you’ve gone. Your Life Rhythm Gallery More »
