<![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I wish I had the stamina of an RPG character.

M

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Salvanis:

This just in: paint shaker sales among players of MMOs through the roof!

MDWilson562

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I run marathons as a hobby. I'll be running Chicago in October, it'll be my fifth marathon.

Get out there, folks.

Caduceus

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> THats a cool idea, probably wouldnt work for the likes of sonic the hedgehog, but some platform and fps games could use that i guess.

underground_slacker

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> They should make one that detects how many bullets you can take before you die.

NeoStarr

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Oh yeah, we need a good Mountain Bike game for the 360 with an exercise bike style peripheral, or little add ons you could plug onto your own Mt. Bike, handles bars would have to turn properly and breaks work, and resistance for the uphill burns. Then sell them to upscale fitness gyms, all networked together across the country we could have entire leagues it would be awesome. I know it would be a lot easier to go to my gym most days if it felt like an exercise arcade, and I could compete against others while getting exercise. Friendly competition always makes work outs less mundane.

...and yeah, I know there was previously some crappy exercise bike/video game that was complete crap.

Anyone remember the name of the arcade game where you were riding a blimp and you sat under it in a bicycle type contraption with a fan on the back of it. You had to peddle your ass off in the later stages to fly through all the rings and complete the course?

lostalaska

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Brian Crecente: Honestly...this is an excellent idea.

Time to leave journalism and become a famous game designer, hmm? ;)

Spoony Bard

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Oh, and by the way, although it might encourage people to work out as it might substitute "gamerscores", I'm pretty sure we would hear most complaints (the same we already hear from people using the wiimote, only more of them) and we'd also hear news of people dying while struggling to beat a game.

But again, I think it'd be a pretty neat idea.

digitalmorphine

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Someone might've said this already (lots and lots of comments), but yeah, I think it'd make a pretty good horror game.

Great video, which also delivers a great message.

digitalmorphine

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This is one of the best ideas I have ever heard. I bet video games could actually really become treated like true competitive sports if this occured. You would actually have to have an identical level of endurance to the character on screen. I'm in pretty good shape, I can run many miles at a time...not in my best shape I've been in, but I would probably be leagues faster than most other players out there...major advantage. Thing is, once some professional atheletes start getting into gaming no one could beat them...lol,

PrivateJ0ker

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Screw you, public service announcement. I've been playing video games since I was old enough to hold a controller and I was never obese. On the contrary, I was a skinny little twig of a kid. I still wanted to play outside with other kids and go dig in the dirt and have fun outdoors. Lots of friends of mine who love video games can't even keep the weight on. But way to perpetuate the middle-aged virgin in the parent's basement stereotype.

StickyPurpleCat

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Mmm I always thought we played games (and movies/books for the same matter) to be someone/do something that a regular Jon Doe could not even dream to achieve...

Anyway, if Games turn into real life there's no point on keep playing them right? They would not be of any interest whatsoever.

Calitri101

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I had thought of this! Would be perfect!
On the other hand, I am a very fit gamer, which is a very, very small minority

KroKan

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Like someone said earlier this would be great for some gym chain. Have a periodic tests and a game to play when u get home.
Other idea would be to have a measurement of how much you walked/jumped/moved your arms/stuff to influence resources in a game. It could be something sim-like or harvest moon-like the more you walk during the day the more you can get done in a game-day when u get home. Could influence people to take the stairs instead of an elevator at the office or walk to work/school instead of driving. Good for health AND environment :D

julians

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Selling that game to a developer would be pretty tough. What do you do for difficulty? "Fit, Un-Fit, Colossal Gaming Nerd"? Spend a year just developing a real time difficulty setting generator...

TheRedBayonet

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Ooooh yes I would soo play a game like this. ^^ Great idea.

Aggressor

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Islandkiwi:

I find that most people work out their arms more because there legs naturally get more toned.

For example, my upper body is alright, but my legs are really really toned because I walk around a lot in addition to regular running.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> oh no not this...

I think wii all are quite aware about how people will react to games calling them fat...

Covert_Knight

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> it sounds like an awesome idea :D but I have a feeling someone would hack it and beat the crap out of everyone with their super-human skills =/

hrabbit

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> While we're at it let's make it so you can only see as well in the games as you can without any sort of vision correction. Can't see that guy a half a mile away? Oops. Oh, and how about giving you accurate reaction times. You aren't able to control an F1 car at 210 MPH or pull 9 g's in a F-16, but boy, it's realistic. In fact, let's get rid of all fantasy elements in video games because why in the world would we want to actually have any fun.

The Outrage

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Soooooo.... I guess paraplegics will just have to hope all of the bad guys come to them? But not all at once if you please!

robinandtami

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This is a great idea... but only if there was a sumo game coming out. "munch munch but mum i want to be the yokozuna munch munch"

droideka

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> That idea kinda reminds me of this dream I had when I was a kid about going to an all-you-can-eat buffet where the price was determined by your weight. I guess the idea was that heavier people are likely to eat more and should get charged extra. I dunno, I was a messed up kid. I thought the microwave dispensed milk for some reason.

Benguin

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Can you imagine, a game where your character can only run as fast as you can? A game that would get you to go to the gym to improve character stats.

Can you imagine how quickly that game would be hacked?

I'm pretty fit myself. I have to admit, though, I've been in better shape before. I used to run on my High School track team, practice Tae Kwon Do four times a week and would compete with friends all the time. Now, though, it isn't videogames that have lowered my fitness level - it's college. So much studying, so much partying, so much sleeping, and I just don't work out as much as I should. Still, I'm pretty confidant that I'd be able to keep up with Niko, though he does have almost unlimited jogging endurance...

Blah8

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @metadae: at the gym,

well, jumping would get shot to heck, most game characters jump in wholey unreal physics, but id be pretty strong, since i have been a weightlifter for years.

ryanfrost13

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Good lord, that monkey looks like some people I know. Daaaamn!!!!

Malevolentburrito

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> That'd be fine, my character would be really strong and be able to sprint very fast but wouldn't do too well in running long distances...

jitty9

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I love the idea of having to work out to improve your character... maybe because I love to work out and I love video games, combining the two would make me a much better gamer and person!

madbassman39

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Reilaos~: That idea is brilliant. Imagine: guilds forcing their members to hit the gym when they screwed something up. People talking about grinding out a few more sit ups. Amazing recluses forced to interact with the outside world. It could do everything!

Slatz_Grobnik

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If a game is based on my physical attributes the avatar would represent me in that world and I wouldn't want to be able to kill, stab, or injure a person in that world. So, a sports game would be ok I guess.

TeknoVagrant

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Make a storyline out of it; fan kid can't destroy his opponent because of his lack of endurance. Make him run a bit, then he triumphs and finally defeats what ever the red glowing guy was. He's skinny now, maybe super buff, and he gets all the girls. Now that's advertising.

Second thought, make a Duke Nukem game that starts out like that.

Some realism in games should be avoided...seriously; aspects like this = too real.

Jtails

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I'm just posting to say I'm fat. Really fat. can't run more than like 10 meters.

Channing

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I'd probably just camp a hell of a lot more. But, there are things that I can already do that my FPS counterpart can't do. I can walk out of any area I want to. I can climb on top of any 3 foot wall, not just a couple of them. I can fire a weapon sideways without having to turn my whole body (same goes for glancing). In the case of CoD 4, I can poke at something with a knife and then poke it again extremely quickly with no wait time in between. If someone is lying prone beneath me, I can step on or over them. There's not a lot of reason for me to run in real life as I'm not being shot at constantly, but there's no reason at all for me to eat if I look at life as an FPS avatar, which begs the question... how, exactly, did my non-eating avatar become overweight?

masterdingo

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> As a marathon runner, I think my character would be pretty damn fit. :-)

Sparky13

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Islandkiwi I disagree, I go to a gym everynight after work and while most people arn't seen doing legs as often thats because they work those muscles by cardio. My legs are much more toned then my arms and chest.

eunoia

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Mact:

Not big, but he really worked his arms....a common sight in a weight room. People forget about balancing their muscles out, and legs are so often overlooked by the bench-press guys.

Islandkiwi

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @eunoia: or have it as a timed buff

the more time you were active throughout the day

the more steps you took,

the more times your heart rate peaked over X

etc, the longer this buff lasts.

eunoia

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> It'd be interesting to see a gme that had some gym tie-ins that did this sort of thing. Like, you'd get a gym membership and an MMO for a monthly fee, and your character reflects your own stats in the gym.

Reilaos~

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> It is a cool idea. You can input new data once a week or something if your stats change, or maybe it would be password protected by a friend/parent to keep you honest. I can see myself playing it, and maybe trying to up my stats by working out myself.

LiC

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I really like the concept.

I think it would work best as a modifier for MMO games, Have a game that includes a step tracker and heart rate monitor and the more active you are, you get an advantage over other players in health, strength agi etc.

Of course it would only be seen as a modifier and would be the equivilent of taking a high level potion or the differnce between high green armor and blue armor in wow.

eunoia

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> hmm i see an interesting compromise. lets say fat ppl can start the game out playing at the natural pace of the game. however, athletic people can move faster than others. at least the fat kids can still play while those whoa re fit are rewarded.

maraxusofk

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @ShaggE:

Yep. I suffer from very bad arthritis so i think I qualify.you'd be able to tell me in a game as I would be the person either falling over or accused of camping as I sit in the corner waiting to pick off people as they run by.

Weirdwolf

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Keep in mind, I'm not talking every game made just one game and this could be an option, something you could brag about, like beating the game on the must difficult setting.

Brian Crecente

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> They did that in Infiltration for UT - attempting to give you a realistic stamina. Take a gun, knife, and a couple grenades, sprint across the room and sit there and catch your breath. I played a lot until they added that, and never more than ten minutes once or twice since to check up on it.

There was the skill system in San Andreas. I'm a sandbox player since any missions I do end in glitches or freak accidents like driving under a crashing airplane, so all these artificial handicaps were just a kick in the nuts.

So... I think if they made a game like that, I'd play another one. A game where you were just you would be the most boring thing ever and you'd probably have more fun just going out and really doing whatever the game offered. (Thanks, Tourist Trophy! :D)

fuchikoma

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I love this idea, I'm a damn ninja in real life. Finally, I'll be able to jump over those pathetic half-walls in video games that not even the in-game avatar can get over.

xanavi

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> So... say a gamer has some sort of muscle or bone disease that keeps them from exercising. Would they be fucked over?

ShaggE

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I keep seeing mixed ideas on this...you would only run once and only for a certain amount of time. You could cheat, but what's the fun in that?

The main aspect of the game would be to actually exercise in order to do better. You would, in essence, be you. We'd move towards a more realistic view of moving into a fantasy world- except with only our own abilities. It'd be a step closer to virtual reality, where you can feel things that aren't there as if they were.

This is a great idea, but needs to be implemented well. The closer we move to virtual reality in my lifetime the better. Mainly because I just think it'd be cool to be in the Matrix.

JGab

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @TheRockingDead: As if kids read anymore?

I think this is an interesting idea. It might actually motivate some to lose weight.

TOWER_JUNKIE

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Fine, I'll go along with the idea of having my avatar as fit as I am as long as I get to wave my walking stick at people in game and shout "GET OFF MY SPAWN POINT YOU DAMN KIDS!"

My girlfriend and I were talking about how cool it would be to have an FPS make use of the balance board. Not only will it measure your weight but also allows for measurements of stepping and ducking/leaning.
She has just unlocked the free jogging game in Wiifit. I'm interested to see how it works as it gives you a time limit and says that you can change direction with the wiimote some how.

Weirdwolf

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I play video games to get away from my not-quite-jock-ly physical shape though (I'm not some super-wuss though.)

Santa_Lock22

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> ...now that's a big monkey.

Highlander Wolf

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If it were introduced as an aspect of FPS gaming, I think it would be a disaster. The balance issue would be totally based on people's health, which can be controlled by them (for a majority) but it would have to be really good to inspire someone to create a running regimen just to be better in one game.

It would be really cool to see your character in the game, but everyone I know plays games as an escape, not as a way to reinforce them of the negative aspects of their life.

NfoRcErX

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> you really couldn't make it that realistic, because of the unpredictable presence of adrenaline.

think people. the brain is there for a reason other than to keep your skull from deflating.

ok, that was a bit mean. sorry. it just seems pretty obvious that it wouldn't work to me. and another thing. will people actually WANT to play like that? i mean, i don't think many people will want to play with their minds, let alone a carbon copy of their physical structure.

hell, what if someone's an amputee? what then? do they have to crawl through every level? do they get cybernetic legs to make up for it, thus making them want to play the game MORE and go outside LESS because they can actually "walk" while playing? what about if someone has leukemia? will their player have hair or not?

i may be going to extremes, but think about it! you truly CAN'T do this kind of thing! it would never work, because the public would never truly accept the truth of their own physical shortcomings.

frank0127

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I don't like this idea for an FPS, but as an exercise game it could be great.

Let's face it, putting your own physical abilities to work in a game is relatively new ground and does not translate easily to existing games. So don't use the context of an existing game. We've all seen movies made from games, shitty games made from movies, tacked-on wiimote controls, quality needs to be pervasive throughout a product and the sudden disconnect transitioning between one design and another can easily ruin the entire product.

Start this idea with a new game designed specifically for this idea. Putting it into an FPS first is unwieldly and a recipe for failure.

kelbear

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @ostartero:

Oh. You think so?

I practice summoning fire three hours a day, seven days of the week.

We'll see who laughs last.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Sooku:

Erm... There is always the option of not playing the game.

Lovely how you call it a 'threat' for an Olympic athlete to compete in a game.

How about being more concerned for real life?

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Also, nice video! But they could've extended it to adults too. Kids are not the only ones playing games like that, and definitely not the only ones having health problems from it. :P

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I foresee this idea being like Communism. Looks good on paper, but in reality I foresee gaming's ultimate downfall. Brian Crecente honorary statue falling and all.

EloquentZen

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I like Crecente's idea.. I had something similar in mind, but dunno if it's marketable.

Also, there would be so many ways of cheating it, that in the end, it would be pointless.

Fat kids would still play it cheating... kills the purpose. And even worse: Makes the game useless for people who takes it seriously.

Kinda like Counter Strike cheaters, only worse.

The idea I had was somehow using a treadmill and WiiMote like controls for an fps.
You'd have to run and walk, and the direction would be changed with... the nunchuck.

But the hardware would be too expensive, so it wouldn't sell... only maybe for very fancy gyms and stuff.

Another idea would be creating some sort of WiiMote for your feet, and then using it to count steps or something. Or even better: use something like a DDR mat.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Stefanten: I don't get it. It that some kind of reference or meme or something?

Also has anybody noticed when you try to hit the jump, the page just refreshes lately?

Billkwando

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Then every game I play would have an appearance by Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

futurebiblehero

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Better than using your running speed as your character speed in an RPG, MMO or otherwise, would be bonus levels, top-notch gear, skills, whatever. that only work with a registered pedometer or something. They'd last only a few days before they need to be "recharged" by physical activity on the player's part. At least, I think that'd be cool.

Salvanis

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I personally blame the rise of the culture of fear that parents are saturated in by the media. It seems you can't let your children step outside without them being kidnapped, raped, murdered or knifed by the local hoodie gang.
It's a sad fact that many parents are just afraid to let their kids go off and explore like I did when I was a child. We rode bikes, climbed over and around every piece of awkward terrain we could get our hands on and went to the local park for a kick-about. And I'm by no means an old man here. I'm only 19. But now every parent fears that their child will be next, the next one gracing the covers of the newspapers with a photo of them smiling happily while some weirdo does who knows what to them. Games present a safe alternative, keeping them nearby and most importantly safe. I can't say I like it, but I also can't blame the parents for wanting their kids to stay safe at home where the worst they have to fear is some teenage asshat swearing at them on XboxLIVE.

@ostartero: Tis an interesting point. It would also stop all those damn chain smoking Korean power-gamers in their tracks...
Some get me Blizzard on the line!

Mattz

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If this was the case I think I would be the most dominant WoW player since I run 3-6 miles a day, 6 days a week. Most players would take too long to get anywhere.

ostartero

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Zombie_Crunch:

Agreed, is all about activity and eating habits. You can do many inactive things if you're able to do balance it all.

Chikebo

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Well, either way you spin it, that sure was funny.

strandbeest

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I like the idea, should do it with music games too.

Riotpoll

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I would love a treadmill-based movement system in a game. Of course, this would be decades in the future, but when full virtual reality is introduced, and we actually run to run, duck to duck, etc, we won't be having these conversations. Videogames could end up being an activity more straining and less dangerous than paintball.

CrucifiedChaos

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If this was real, then Street Fighter would be filled with E. Honda-s

TaggarT6

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> To clarify, I would think FOOD to be a "principal cause"; also EATING, or EATING BEFORE BEDTIME, or NOT KNOWING WHEN TO QUIT EATING.

A better way to state would have been, "Inactivity is one of the principal causes of Childhood obesity"

The same statement, by their logical extension, could be made about chairs, cars, grocery carts, strollers, remote controls, etc.

Zombie_Crunch

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @red: That makes me depressed. Depression leads to me eating more food. You are now a principal cause of obesity.

No, really, I like your point, though mainly because I was about to make it...

braagh

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> It would be completely unfair towards those who don't want to improve their fitness, and even moreso to those with disabilities.

Not to mention the threat of some bodybuilder or olympic runner or something coming in and outclassing everyone.

Sooku

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Awesome video, I was waiting for him to throw the gun down and cry.

Anaxymander

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> videogames dont cause obesity. eating too much food does.

what about the 80% of adults that dont 'play outside' or go to the gym. whose biggest physical exertion is the stress of working day after day. anything but blame the greed. have another cream cake.

red

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> "Video games are one of the principal causes of childhood obesity."

Is there data to support that statement?

I understand not moving around can net you some flab, but "a principal cause" sounds pretty harsh.

I question that.

Zombie_Crunch

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Videogames aren't a 'cause' of childhood obesity, any more than books are. I'm calling for an anti-book campaign to help make our kids less fat! Again, videogames become the scapegoat for another one of our problems. How about a better PSA: "Stop buying your kids King Size Double Whoppers for dinner, and make them go out and exercise once in a while." I'd like to see these PSAs place more responsibility on the parents.

TheRockingDead

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Great idea is great!

TheFooFighter

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Good idea, health pickups would also have to be adjusted, cans of Sparks for energy and bravery (drunkedness), and the equivalent of a starman would definitely be illegal =P

chemical_eng_mx

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I could do a whole bunch of meth and keep my heart rate at about 180 all day while not even moving!

Argyle

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Interesting Concept... I have a feeling I would do pretty good in FPS games. But if you were able to input all your stats. Well I would not be able to carry that many weapons and Ammo. The most I would want to carry would be around 50 pounds. That stuff would start to weigh you down. One upside is you would become a better shot. lol.

It interesting but I hope it doesn't happen. Because if I can help it, even though I wouldn't classify myself as a Hardcore dedicated gamer. I am a dedicated casual gamer who enjoys playing video games. I want to keep that up until 120. haha.

--Core--

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> aha this would totally change the balance of power in online FPS. Stay inside and practice gets you good but also gets you fat. Go exercise, no practice but woo you get to zoom about the map.

Can't catch me fatty fat fat!

niacin

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Turning games into paintball wouldn't be the greatest idea. Unless it was actually paintball, that's fun.

Mustakrakish

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Islandkiwi:

Was he big to begin with? Because muscle just adds more weight.

Not that that matters if you've seen the Discovery channel about the guy who threw a half ton piece of rock off himself after having it fall on him.

Our bodies are stronger and more capable than we can generally access.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Ok, this is creepy. I have had the exact same idea for some years :S

You go somewhere and run the fastest and longest you can on a treadmill, shoot at a range for accuracy measurements and so on.
Then all those results transfers to your MMO character.

And then we have my other idea, to make clone of ourself and let them battle in a gladiator arena. And see how long you would have lasted ]=D

But that will be available in the MMO... So we don't need to make clones... Ok, brain overpowered, need to stop thinking. Bye.

RageW

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> There was this sweet arcade shooter (lightgun game) that had motion sensors, it was called Police 911.

You had to physically lean and duck and so forth in order to hide behind cover and shoot the enemies.

It was as tiring as doing squats for however long your quarter lasted.

It was also amazingly fun. If I had the money, I'd buy the arcade machine

Koztah

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @eternalplayer2345: Right.. Strapping a heart rate monitor to a car, that'll work(!)

t3hOutlaw

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Kids would just take steroids to improve their character stats. That would be the equivalent to an irl cheat code.

chris

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> The idea is fine for something like DDR or that balloon collecting flying bike arcade game where you pedal, but not for anything like an escapist fantasy.

Sure, fine, my running ability affects my in-game running ability. But how do you get that from a heart rate? I can sustain a heart-rate of 190-200 for 20 minutes or so, but it doesn't mean I got much further than a couple miles (if that). What it sounds like you're saying is that your character is limited to what you can do, but you don't actually do that thing to get the character to move in-game. Instead, the game is designed around going in to some place and getting a fitness measurement.

If that were the case, it might be interesting in some ways. Taking bench and squat measurements to verify if you can pick up a motorcycle and carry it, for instance.

But, really, how often does everyone on the 'inside' of gaming leap to the idea of escapist fantasy whenever someone starts trying to draw a link between gaming and reality. I think there's a deep-seated urge to *not* make ties between gaming and real life--or at least, not ones of physical limitation. Compare this idea to having to show ATM slips in order to verify that you have the available credit in Gran Turismo to purchase a 3000GT? Or having a fasting blood sugar measurement taken to verify that you are not diabetic, and therefore may collect a piece of cake for 10,000 points.

The connection between reality and gaming should be one way. You play a game, it teaches you about reality or the possibilities of reality, and then you go out and carry that knowledge with you. Like chess giving you an appreciation for looking several 'moves' ahead.

To take reality and then inject it into gaming is really just the urge to go down the road of the holodeck, where we replace life with a simulation that can't hurt our feelings. If you want to move faster, go do things that help you move faster. Don't play FPSes. America's Army doesn't want you to go to a recruitment center, get tested, and go back to playing the game--they want the game to whet your appetite for war and glory.

Really, what this sounds like is a desire for the powerful urge you feel to play games and enjoy them, to translate to a powerful urge to turn into a ninja. They've got stuff like this on the horizon with powergridfitness and so forth.

deathbunny

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> reminds of a penny-arcade comic...

Gabe: "what's going on? what is this? what's happening?"
Tycho: "it's sweat."
Gabe: "It's like my body is crying. Am I about to die?"
Tycho: "Maybe"

[www.penny-arcade.com]

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This looks more like a Public Service Announcement, and a really effective one at that!

psychobaka

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This would be the perfect way to get me to surf for more porn.

doubtful

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> ...then again, I suppose summer would be a good time to take up parkour.

:P

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @satsantokh: I like your hat.

And the fact you can do backflips. I always feel my neck would just snap if I landed badly...

Krondonian

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This is only a good idea if you don't have a job. Imagine running all day around an office and coming home to do it around Liberty City.

Voteforme2020

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> What kid dresses like that these days? Does he have a propeller beanie too?
I would be interested in a game like this though. I would rule as the fast but weak skinny guy. Catch me if you can... and get an easy kill.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I don't care for the idea, I have to be a fat guy in my every day life, when I play video games to ESCAPE that everyday life and relax, I don't want to have the physical characteristics of a fat guy, I want to be be a built guy in spandex and a cape, and I wanna throw some damn cars around!

allthatsgeek

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> two words: cheat codes

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Gonna need a lot of extra lives for all the heart attacks that'll happen. lol.

Seriously though, I think this could be a good idea.

AndrewG009

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Okay, I found it.
Bulldog Interactive Fitness.
Check out this picture of these kids on their bikes with their fat screens in front of them:
[www.bulldoginteractivefitness.com]




Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Interesting idea. I wonder how the women will take it when their cup size gets noticed and there's no way to increase the size easily.

It likely wouldn't encourage people to exercise though, unless you can break limits but yes no one would honestly use actual stats, they'd fake it like many others to exploit the game.

BMI isn't 100% accurate though for some people, so its a possibility the game could hamper you as a fatass even though you're just simply bulky and ripped.

超外人

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @satsantokh: shit sorry for the double post.

satsantokh

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> When I was in high school, my friends and I actively played sports, lifted weights...we were in pretty good shape. One friend, though, worked harder than the rest of us in the weight room.

When I asked him why, he said "if I fall off a building I want to know I'd be able to pull myself up off the ledge."

Interesting thought, because for the majority of us our lives have turned out to be pretty sedentary. If I had to chase a pickpocket, how long would I last? What would my reflexes be like if I was in the path of an oncoming vehicle?

Maybe a video game can answer that question for us...but then again I suspect we already know the answer.

Islandkiwi

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]>

+ Watch video

I like the idea....

satsantokh

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> To the general idea... meh.

One of my favorite parts of videogames is that jumping is disproportional.

Believe me, if I could jump twice my height and change my trajectory mid-flight, I wouldn't be playing videogames.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]>

+ Watch video

haha I would own in video games, that would be so much fun!

satsantokh

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Don't like that idea at all.

I'd like the complete opposite. If I play crackdown enough, I can start jumping up buildings. And kicking people several hundred yards.

aden.exe

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Cruithne:

Imagine if movies or television tried to market the same way.

There is a reason that even "reality" TV is over-the-top.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I would not like to be running around in a ginormous Power/Biohazard/Mech Suit, because, well I'd bet Marcus Fenix's armour would weigh about twice that of me.

But really, what we'd end up with is Shemnue. Remember how Ryo could run for about 10 metres, then got tired and decided to amble his way around town? (And then go play some darts, or feed the kittie, despite desperately chasing a father murdering homicidal sociopath...) How freaking annoying was that?!

To be honest, real life isn't that fun...

Krondonian

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Then the whole Baseball steroid controversy would translate over into MLG Halo! Good going Crecente, you just made Barry Bonds awesome at Halo!

Pickens

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Stefanten:

You sir, are the winner of one internet.

Mact

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @DugDawg: Agreed. Or imagine sprinting from the cops in GTA IV. I work out two or three times a week, but damn, I'd be done like dinner after an hour of running. Good way to limit how long kids play these games, I guess.

Then, of course, there'd be the heart-attack lawsuits from families of overzealous gamers...

DaPress

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> You calling me fat Crecente? How dare you!

Kenny

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Bulldog Interactive Fitness in Halifax, Nova Scotia apparently has connected treadmills and stationary bikes to videogames. I saw this on the local news two years ago and thought it was hilarious. If you don't pedal on the bike, your character doesn't pedal on the screen.

Read the article here:
[www.ctv.ca]


Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Jericho114: Or better yet, a cheetah. Which is a type of cat!

You learn something everyday.

T6Spades

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Interesting idea. This is kind of what Wii Fit does. Your avatar gets skinner or fatter based on your BMI index over time.

Anyway though, I'm pretty good at COD4. If it were to require me to physically run everywhere and do the stuff I do in that game, I would get pwned.

DugDawg

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Would my in-game accuracy increase the more I played with guns in real life?

Now I really CAN say video games influenced me...

theharlotfelon

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This just in:

Fat kids pay skinny kids to boost their stats in latest video game.

Tolgak

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Grinding IRL?

metadae

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> See, that's why I always loved the Silent Hill games: you're kinda clumsy, don't have quick reflexes, can't run very fast or for very long, and when given a gun you can't hit the broad side of a barn. It's just like me!

PhantomVI

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If it worked it would be good. But probably to easy to cheat :(

Herodito

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Wolfers: Just strap the device to a cat.

Jericho114

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Man that is an awesome idea. Kinda like GTA San Andreas, but real life. I'd love that.

Inhert

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> My character would be emo-thin, but would be so out of shape you'd wonder why he's not a fatass...

SwimOdin

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> That video was great. lmao

JustJake

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Why stop at FPS? I want to be able to wing Ratchet's wrench clear across the level. It's a good thing he's got a jetpack too, 'cause I can't quite jump 3 times my height yet. I'm still working on that.

Wolfers

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Super Mario Galaxy would be the world's most difficult game.

Forkball

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> If my actual character for the games I played was as good as I humanly was, I would definitely spend more time grinding some stats.

JB4GDI

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> "Can you imagine, a game where your character can only run as fast as you can? A game that would get you to go to the gym to improve character stats."

Worst. Game. Idea. Ever.

RonCey

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Heh...just thinking about a Metroid homebrew which uses the Wii Fit board makes me smile. And giggle.

sariah

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I felt obese just by watching it :( I'm suing! Discrimination!

Oh wait...I'm not really obese. Crap. Ah well, I'll take this implemented in a game then :D

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> I'm for it. But then again, I ran 7.5 miles the other day, so maybe if this were in effect my Halo 'pWning' skills would increase too?

kosbee

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Why would I want to to escape into a fantasy world where everything was the same as the current world I inhabit?

Cruithne

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> @Stefanten: Ah, I loled, my good sir.

Shiryu

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> "Cater to us dammit"... new stuff?

jesp3r

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Funny video, serious message.

With Wii Fit doing the rounds, I had already tought about the possibility to make a game where your weight counts for your character (maybe wrestling or sports...).

If I tought of that, im sure Nintendo also did. Mario Kart Wii selects your Mii wight based on its height/weight of your Mii designer. Its a shame that they could not make an update to record to the Mii your real weight with the Wii Fit Board.

Make it happen, Nintendo!

Shiryu

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> The game you described sounds amazing but people well probably find away around it like strapping whatever monitors your stats to their dog or car.

eternalplayer2345

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Great idea, in theory. But aren't some of the main complaints against the "get up and play" aspect of Wii Games is that people are asked to get up off their asses and actually do something. I've heard quite a few people bitch about having to actually work at a game. But all that aside, I would call this an interesting premise...though you can potentially alienate some people who are unable to beat things because they are incapable of getting in the shape needed to play.

geekay3

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Oh hell, bad idea all around.

I'd get tired of running after 20 feet. GTA wouldn't really be fun at that point, unless Hot Coffee was reintroduced. Then I could go for hours with my staying power!

Tyber_Zann

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Very interesting. And funny. Interesting and funny.

ShirtGuyDom

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> Yeah, i'd be game for that.

Zaos

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> "Encourage children to play outside"

Isn't that what handhelds are for? =)

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[What If Your Character Was Only As Fit As You Are]]> This idea is like a good dog. It's good.

Stefanten

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