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October 20, 2005
Exer-Games
Posted by Nick
Here's a look at new video games that make kids sweat.
Video games have long been blamed for creating couch potatoes. Yet several new games are actually getting kids to break a sweat.
The new video games, known as "exer-games," come with special equipment to replace the traditional hand-held joystick -- including pads kids can jump and dance on, isometric equipment that requires muscle to control a game and cameras that put kids in the center of kung-fu and skateboarding action. Some games even include calorie counters.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
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