Post by leunas on Feb 7, 2007 16:55:48 GMT -5
They can be, says Ian Bogost from the Georgia Institute of Technology, who's taking a serious look at the potential, and the potential pitfalls, in using the Wii (and other gaming systems) as exercise equipment.
To incite real, motivated physical activity, exergames will have to do more than just demanding physical gestures that produce latent exercise. In addition, they will have to simulate and create the social rituals that make us want to be physically active, whether alone or with others.
The man may be onto something. Playing Wii Sports solo can be boring enough as it is, but forcing yourself to play it for exercise would get real old, real fast. Yet I bet you'd bust your @$$ to make sure you didn't lose a game of Wii Tennis to your roommate, especially if there was cash and/or some kind of misplaced, drunken sense of pride at stake. You'd be the eye of the tiger then. Luke Plunkett
Persuasive Games: The Missing Social Rituals of Exergames [Serious Games Source] seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_013107_exergaming_2.php
kotaku.com/gaming/research/wii-exercise-games-miserable-and-forgettable-234167.php