Kotaku
After studying 16 participants playing Eyetoy: Kinetic in laboratory circumstances, Dr. Alasdair Thin (yes, that's seriously his name) proclaimed that fake sports can be just as good as real ones:
We were interested in measuring the levels of exertion from an exercise physiology point of view and compared the average heart rate that each subject was exercising at to the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) recommended exercise heart rate range. Our findings reveal that playing these video games can provide an effective workout.
If there's one problem with "exergame" popularity and titles like Kinetic and DDR, it's that gamers need to make sure the trend doesn't get out of hand.
We're only saying this once, and let's keep this amongst ourselves: we can't let the jocks take over.
Study Finds DDR, Eyetoy On Par... [gamasutra]
