Comments on: Today, God help me, I bought an exercise step https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2004/12/23/today-god-help-me-i-bought-an-exercise-step/ My name is Jesper Juul, and I am a Ludologist [researcher of the design, meaning, culture, and politics of games]. This is my blog on game research and other important things. Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jesper https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2004/12/23/today-god-help-me-i-bought-an-exercise-step/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:44:51 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/?p=145#comment-695 I don’t think you’re quite fair to the reviewer …

The thing about the meditation garden is that they probably assumed that the potential audience already knows why you’d want to go the meditation garden, “to feel better about yourself, d’oh”.

The entire research staff here is very physically fit, obviously.

]]> By: Tore Vesterby https://www.jesperjuul.net/ludologist/2004/12/23/today-god-help-me-i-bought-an-exercise-step/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:45:40 +0000 http://www.jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/?p=145#comment-694 I couldn’t let this pass though: I understand the desire and design to get women more interested in gaming and consoles in general, but let?s not be solely focused on one half of the population. No let’s not fall into that man-hole. It’s just a case of the tables being turned on the reviewer, isn’t it?

It it a game? That’s a really good question. It’s definitely a simulation of a personal trainer with different “fitness” spaces to explore. The fact that the meditation room is not explained in the manual is not that much of a problem is it? I mean the bar with scantily clad dancers in Morrowind is not explained either – why would you and I go there?

I wonder if purchasing this wouldn’t contribute to a general increase in stamina and well-being of the entire research staff at the Center for Computer Games Research, Jesper?

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