According to the Telegraph, Wii Fit Plus, which launches in Britain on October 30th, will arrive at stores carrying the Change4Life logo.
You may remember that earlier this year the Change4Life campaign released a PSA which depicted video games among the factors contributing to childhood obesity. To be fair, the ads, which were created by the great animation team [...]
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Britain’s National Health (kind of) Supports Wii Fit Plus
Mad Science Claims that Moving Around Burns More Calories than Sitting Still
A study published this week in the online journal Pediatrics has come to a startling conclusion.
According to the article, children who play active video games like Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution burn more calories than children who sit still in one place with jaws slack and eyes buggin’. Using the mighty powers of science, [...]
“Walk It Out” Debut Trailer
Konami has posted a trailer for a new game called Walk It Out. From the looks of it you can use the remote and nunchuk, balance board, or a Dance Dance Revolution dance mat to simulate walking. That’s right! Walking.
It looks while you’re walking, you’ll be able to build stuff in the world around you. [...]
Internet Huckster: Video Games worse than Marlboros
Today, a site called Winston Salem Fitness reprinted a Go Articles story called Are Wii Kidding Ourselves in which the author makes the leap from “Wii Fit isn’t as good as a personal trainer”, to “video games should have labels warning that they make you dangerously fat”.
For the most part, I agree with the first [...]