err... nvm, pic was changed.

but ddr is too violent! It is a killing simulater! Teh chilrenz will learn how to stomp on things like peoples heads with deadly accuracy! /sarcasm

@Squezey

Curb Curb Stomp Revolution: American History X edition

Wow! I would have NEVER guessed that doing more than sitting in a chair pushing buttons would actually BENEFIT one's physical health.

Sorry, I just HAD to be sarcastic.

Really, though, I do like such games (though I'm not a big fan of DDR). Even sports games for the Wii are very helpful. And I've seen a number of coin-op games that are EXCEPTIONAL when it comes to physical fitness.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

my knees no like DDR....ack I am 30 soemthign going on 50 >

"Maybe we need to reach out to the industry itself and encourage them to develop more games that are interactive."

I think games that aren't interactive are called movies, thank you.

@Weighted Companion Cube

Heh, that quote reminds me of something Jessica Alba once said about a cell phone game she helped design- "It's gonna be like an interactive thing". OH REALLY! Well, I am helping design a car for Toyota, and it's gonna be like a THING ON WHEELS!

I'm a Nova Scotian, and some of the schools already were using DDR in class. My High School Riverview used it in its dance classes for example.
I learned that when I spoke to my Global Geography teacher (who also was the dance teacher). She told me about it when one of our casual conversations brought up video games. I think the whole idea was to teach them to keep the rhythm, iirc.

When we did our SafeGrad celebration on graduation night (A wicked all night party I will never forget) she had the DDR game set up for 2p versus as one of the events. It was fun, but the mats slid around so much my centered foot would wind up standing on the right arrow. Go for left, miss, look down, my foot stepped on the center. Also one of the mats was near unusable, making the game very lopsided, and she used a projecter which I sometimes would wind up in front of so I couldn't even see what I was supposed to be doing. I'd just see a silhouette of myself.

Good times, good times.

I think they were considering it as an add-on to the phys-ed course long before this article came to be, about 2 or so years ago. I will see if I can find out anything about the future of this plan and let you guys know, although someone'll probably beat me to it anyway.

They need to invest in some high quality mats though. ^^

If it gets them moving, do it.

Mmm....too bad for me. I hate rythm games. :|