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11/11/09
Shall I expect one of these for Personal Trainer-Walking soon, decrying how that delivers poor results? #wiifit
11/11/09
11/10/09
Quoted for making no sense.
The Wii's most taxing workouts ARE actual exercise. Take the pushup to plank exercise. That's crushing. If you can do 20 the first time you try it, you are most certainly in good shape. They're harder than standard pushups which, last I checked, are "actual" exercise. When I started Wii fit, I could do about 30 pushups without stopping. After a month, I was doing 50+.
I'll admit, that Wii Fit is heavily biased towards movements that are more fun than TRULY productive, but I think that's the point of a fitness GAME.
If you want a workout on the Wii, you really should try EA Sports Active. I own it and Wii Fit and It's vastly superior for getting a solid workout, and it's enjoyable too. But get ready to sweat, especially if you set it to the "intense" level. #wiifit
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12:13 AM
It hinges upon whether or not the game is fun enough to get you to do more exercise than you would otherwise. If they want to make a study to see if the exergames are successful, they should compare the total calories burned by gamers who play them vs. gamers who don't. I think we can both guess what the results would be. #wiifit
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11/10/09
Every thrown controller, every anguished cry, every victory dance when you finally beat that fucking section that you spent 3 hours relentlessly trying to pass... That's got to add up. #wiifit
11/10/09
It'd tone your leg muscles, but you're not even supposed to jump on it...
7-9 foot (?) DDR songs are good cardio though, I can attest to that. I'd play like 10 a day for a while, and I could sprint a block and a half easily, and would just for fun... still, it was pretty much ONLY cardio too. I know of know game that's a whole exercise plan, with possible exception of non-game excercise software. #wiifit
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11/10/09
My mind, it has been how you say, oh... blown?! #wiifit
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11/10/09
Toning has nothing to do with it? #wiifit
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11/10/09
Not always. There are plenty of studies that go into pretty good detail about the debilitation effects of "simulating" physical activities in an effort to garner improvement without the exertion. Such shortcutting often ends in learning an incorrect bio-mechanical movement which leads to poorer performance and can be extremely hard to unlearn and correct. #wiifit
11/10/09
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10/30/09
Nintencats!
Use the stylus to...no, don't pet it. It doesn't want to be touched.
Don't bother giving it toys, either. It only wants to play with your shoelaces.
Walks? Are you high?
You can...uh...You can feed it! And don't forget either, or it'll make your life a living hell. #shigerumiyamoto
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10/30/09
But they'd make for an awful game. #shigerumiyamoto
11/03/09
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Ninja cats
It's the way forward. #shigerumiyamoto
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10/30/09
Ascii art doesn't work in a format that deletes excess whitespace.
10/30/09
dammit!!!
that didn't work...
oh well...i tried.... #shigerumiyamoto
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10/30/09
And I'm not just spouting off BS here, that's coming from my girlfriend who's a certified animal behaviorist. #shigerumiyamoto
10/30/09
What really is an exhibit of intellect? The creature who will do whatever you say, or the one who thinks for itself? Pack mentality has no baring on intellect. If anything is shows desperate co-dependence. Wolves may be able to gang up and run down an Elk, but a Leopard can take down an animal of only moderately smaller size by waiting in ambush.
Which of these is really a betterr stratagy? The wolves who work hard for a meal they then have to share, or the Leopard who works less and keeps the whole prize for themselves. #shigerumiyamoto
10/30/09
Social behaviour != intelligence.
Cats are generally seen as much more self sufficient than dogs. One could make the same argument that independent behaviour is just a big a sign of intellectual superiority as social ability.
At any rate intellect aside I think that cats make superior pets, at least in terms of maintenance. My cat keeps herself immaculately clean, does her business outside and buries it and even knows when to leave my room in the evening*. Plus yknow Kittens Puppies.
* She has to sleep downstairs in the kitchen/study area at night because otherwise she wakes people up too early whining for her breakfast. #shigerumiyamoto
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Cats 1 Dogs 0 #shigerumiyamoto
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