Video games are healthy for us? Wait a sec, let me change that into a statement. Video games are healthy for us. You could check out Coptop1′s 10 list of reasons why they are so good, but why not hear it from some athletes concerning our physical well-being.
Last night some stuff was poppin’ off at the Smithsonian’s Art of Video Games Exhibit. Drew Brees, former Madden cover athlete and All-Star QB for the Saints, exhibited some skills against the president of EA, Michael Gallagher, in some Tiger Woods Golf. Later in the evening, Brees commented that some motion video games can make even a person at his cardio level tough to complete.
Brees does look short doesn't he?
“It can have you sweating in five minutes,” he said after his tour of the virtual 18 holes. Sweating? He must have been teeing off with DroppinLoot.
Even tennis hall of famer Billie Jean King shares a similar sentiment with Brees. She mentions how games like Dance, Dance Revolution are enjoyed by her niece. “Whatever works to get people moving,” is how the King views it.
With the advent of controller-less gaming and motion involved experiences, we are most likely going to see more health conscious role models talk about the good in gaming. It’s true that technology is trying to immerse itself to an audience that wants to move and burn calories while being entertained.
I mean, look at the Wii. The Nintendo Wii may have not been popular with fans of “real gaming”, but the impact and influence it had with women and parents is priceless (hopefully netting a financial return for Nintendo when they release the Wii-U). All this audience wants to do is introduce movement with fun with some good health to themselves, friends, children. It’s no surprise that Microsoft is trying so hard for the Kinect to succeed and why the PS Move was made for the PS3. They’re created to pierce this kind of market.
And as long as this revolution of gaming develops stronger and more advanced, we can expect more endorsements of good physical health by athletes. Why not check out our review of UFC Personal Trainer to see what our future may look like.
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