Meet The Anime Geeks Who Got Ripped Because Of Dragon Ball
“Anime was a mistake” is a meme for a reason. But for some Dragon Ball fans, anime was the best thing that ever…
Virtual Reality Exercise Bike Is Almost Like Going Outside
With 3D movement and Oculus Rift support, Norwegian Activetainment's fitness bike, the "Ebove B\01" (via Prostetic…
This Must Be the Strangest Exercise Video of 2014
This week, delivery company Sagawa Express is releasing an exercise DVD that features men in delivery uniforms.…
The Xbox One Can Trim Your Fat, That's Why It Comes With Kinect
Until December 2014, everybody who gets an Xbox One will have free access to something called Xbox Fitness. Which is…
In Case You Needed A Reminder: The Human Body Is Amazing
Here's someone that will probably make some of us feel bad about our own workouts: a calisthenics bodyweight expert…
Gamer Gets Pumped to Pump Iron. His Motivation: EVE Online.
Video games are not widely known as a motivation for hitting the gym. Especially not online games, which are better…
Two Fitness MMOs Go Mano a Mano with Their PvP Plans
Last year I profiled Fitocracy, which isn't a video game per se but a gamified fitness regimen that draws from concepts…
How Making Fitness Into a Role-Playing Game Makes Us All Look and Feel Great
About four months ago I profiled Fitocracy, the social networking/fitness site that seeks to motivate gamers to hit the…
Can Video Games Keep Your Children Physically Fit?
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…
If Wii Fit And Madden Had A Baby...
Fitness games are huge. Football games are huge. Ready for it? Football fitness game. From EA, on the Wii. The name is…
EA Sports Active Slapped with Trademark Lawsuit
The Active Network has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against EA Sports Active, alleging the fitness title's…
Trump Hotels Hawk Training Sessions on Wii Fit
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…
The "10 Minute Solution" to Fitness Now Includes a Wii
What's the difference between Activision's 10 Minute Solution fitness game for the Wii and established fitness titles…
The Wii Loses Some Of Its Fitness Thunder To Dance Town
Show of hands. Who has heard of the video game Dancetown? You know, the video game that National Public Radio reports…
Teen Drops 150 Pounds With Video Game-Inspired Diet
Taylor LeBaron weighed nearly 300 pounds when he was 14 and has lost half of that, thanks, he told the Today Show, due…
Boy: Playing Xbox Will Get Me A "Nowhere Job"
An ex-NBA star recently asked a group of children where playing Xbox will get them. He was promoting fitness, so he…
Microsoft Patents the Exercise Guilt Trip
Microsoft's filed a patent that would make avatars more realistic and less idealized, with the point of getting your…
What's Clarissa Doing At An Ubisoft Event?
Spotted by omg! fashion police, Melissa Joan Hart — of Clarissa Explains it All* — attended an Ubisoft event last week…
Wii Fit And Wii Sports Exercise Weighed And Measured
A new study has determined which Wii Fit and Wii Sports activities actually qualify as moderate intensity exercise, as…