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  • 16-05-2006 3:31pm
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    I don't enjoy video games much. They make me feel isolated, guilty for wasting time and leave me with a strange feeling of stress coupled with lack of physical activity. One time years ago I was in an arcade where they had a mountain bike racing game wired up to an exercise bike. Now that was much better. Felt great afterwards. I find gyms really boring- so two birds with one stone. What options are for this kind of thing at home? I have a PS2.

    I have eye-toy play which is good for the kids and for parties but it's very limited gameplay. I have buzz which is social and not bad.

    Anyone know of anything else like this?

    I found this on the web. Anyone know anything about it?


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    Dancing games are too gay for me.


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    oxygen_old
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    There is an eyetoy game with aerobic instructors on it, looks all right. Teach you tai chi and stuff


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    madrab
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    snif snif i smell spam


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    Fanny Cradock
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    If the virtual experience was so enjoyable, why not get on a real bike?


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    Fanny Cradock wrote:
    If the virtual experience was so enjoyable, why not get on a real bike?
    Yeah I know. Just a lazy geek I guess. Why do people drive to the gym to go for a run?

    I know that games forums get a lot of shills and spam but I am really just looking for advice. Here's another exercise bike from another manufacturer: http://www.eurocosm.com/Application/Products/Fitness-products/neoracer-GB.asp

    Ideally I'd like a game you can play with others (maybe over a network) that's also physical and you don't have to go outside in the winter. If I had enough space I'd get tabletennis. (Maybe I could fit it in my garage that's full of junk.) Exercise can be really boring so I'd like to find an enjoyable way to do it. Even with eyetoy play I got a lot more fun from dumb games like boxing and ninja than normal games.


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    Here's another machine that looks like a stepper or something
    http://www.powergridfitness.com/

    Anyone can pull links off the web I'm just asking has anyone had a go at any of this?


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    projectmayhem
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    i know you said dance games are too gay, but you'll shed tonnes of weight with DDR. so much so that you'll break it very quickly ;)


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    projectmayhem wrote:
    i know you said dance games are too gay, but you'll shed tonnes of weight with DDR. so much so that you'll break it very quickly ;)
    I just can't see it being an outlet for aggression which is a lot of the fun in compuetr games, destroying things or racing. Also I tried it out and I found it very confusing. Once you lose concentration for a second you're done for.


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