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Can exergaming really take the place of going for a brisk walk or doing a few laps in the pool? A study out of Brigham Young University finds that certain video games do count as legitimate exercise for kids. More »
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A patent application filed by Nintendo mentions a Wii Vitality Sensor game in which players control the flight of a cartoon character with a combination of Wii remote gestures and - wait for it - breathing. More »
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Intended to be a stress-reducing exercise game, Innergy, by Ubisoft, strives to teach you "cardiac coherence" through breathing in time with a pulse pattern on the screen. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5563481&view=rss&microfeed=true Your Shape: Fitness Evolved by Ubisoft will make use of Microsoft Kinect to deliver a range of exercises, from cardio-kickboxing to yoga. The title will perform a full-body scan of the user help it provide detailed data on performance and progress. More »
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The Active Network has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against EA Sports Active, alleging the fitness title's online use of scheduling and fitness goals covers purposes for which it holds the trademark "Active." More »
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For $90, you could buy Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board and use it forever in your own home. Or you could play it for 55 minutes with a personal trainer at one of Donald Trump's hotels. More »
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The benefits of the Wii and exergaming to patients in hospitals and elder-care facilities has been discussed nearly since the console's release. Researchers in San Diego now say that Wii games can combat the onset of depression in elderly persons. More »
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A 38-year-old British woman, once so large she was afraid to have sex with her husband, now parades about her home in sexy lingerie after losing 112 pounds, a dramatic change in physique she credits to a Wii Fit regimen. More »
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Earlier this month, EA Canada's community manager tweeted that the company would announce a new sports title in January. Rumor now has it the game is an (American) football-based trainer with NFL branding. More »
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Dumbbells - two pound dumbbells, to be exact. Your Wiimote is waiting to pump (clap) you up with this $20 "peripheral" available from Everlast, said to be compatible with a slew of exergaming titles. More »
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Looking to buff up or slim down in Tucson? Check out WE-FIT. If you have trouble finding it, it's the gym at 6437 N. Oracle Road - since that name might change in the future. More »
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I'll take it easy on you today. Some might not find this video very punishing. Then again, we are talking about Pilates, which is about as boring as watching flies screwing on a windowsill. More »
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A study published online by the journal Pediatrics finds that exergaming -in this case DDR and Wii Sports' bowling and boxing - provide as much or more activity than a brisk or intense walking pace. More »
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Looking at the bird chests of the Kotaku editorial staff, you'd think we don't know from push ups. But we're thinking, thanks to PushupFu for the iPhone, we've got more chiseled cleavage in our future. More »
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The latest issue of Men's Health magazine — the one with beefy Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick on the cover — reveals EA's plans for its own Wii Fit-like fitness game. According to a recounting of the article by GameSpot, EA Sports executive producer Dave McCarthy says that the mega-publisher has designs of its own for a "a more Western approach to fitness, something a little more active that gets you moving." It's not the first time we've heard of EA's interests in getting you into better shape. More »
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The world of Exergaming has seen a lot of development lately most notably with the Wii Fit. More »
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Tucked into Boing Boing's look at the timeline of fitness gaming controls is something called the "Atari Puffer." It went unreleased because of the video game crash, but it sounds like, well, a blocky game representation of off-camera work in the porn industry. It actually was some kind of exercise bike you plugged into the 2600. More »
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The LA TImes ran a recent feature on the rise of exercise-focused gaming, dubbed exergaming, which combines the fun of interactive video entertainment and calorie burning. More »
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The Sands Expo Center isn't quite as bad as E3's depressing Kentia Hall, but it has its own share of WTF product booths. They're manned by bored staffers desperately hoping someone will ask about their vibrating gaming chair or subwoofer enabled beanbag. More »
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Game Set Watch has a great post up summarizing the personal connections a lot of people feel towards Maya, the peppy virtual fitness instructor from Yourself! Fitness. A lot of people tend to think of Maya as a real person. Although I would normally consider such people out of their fargin' gourds, I actually understand this, because Yourself! Fitness helped me get in shape. More »
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Just in case videogaming et al was all looking a bit too cool for school recently, enter stage left the VirtuSphere: a giant, transparent exercise ball for humans! More »
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