{"id":145,"date":"2004-12-23T13:12:53","date_gmt":"2004-12-23T11:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.dk\/ludologist\/?p=145"},"modified":"2004-12-23T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2004-12-23T11:14:07","slug":"today-god-help-me-i-bought-an-exercise-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/2004\/12\/23\/today-god-help-me-i-bought-an-exercise-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Today, God help me, I bought an exercise step"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watercoolergames pointed me<\/a> to the Yourself! Fitness<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

But the IGN review is everything you ever wanted<\/a>: The overweight, out-of-shape, hardcore gamer tongue-in-cheek trying to pick up a physical exercise regimen from the in-game personal trainer, Maya. (Named of the modeling program?)<\/p>\n

I can’t come up with anything better than what the review says, so I’ll just quote some good bits:<\/p>\n

Today, God help me, I bought an exercise step.
\nA week ago I bought some hand weights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last came a flexibility measurement. Sit on the floor, legs out, feet 12 inches apart, and bennnnd. Hold it. Now compare yourself to the onscreen bendy dolls and choose the closest one. I got as far as my calves.<\/p>\n

Special note — one of the bendy folks on the screen is actually folded face first into the floor. Ha ha, Maya is such a kidder! Let’s all go to the circus!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think regular readers of some women’s magazines will find the following a silly question, but it’s pretty good:<\/p>\n

Another oddity is the meditation garden. While I am sure the routines are fantastic for someone more flexible than I am, I have no idea if or when I am supposed to use this thing. Is it a workout? Is it a relaxation area? Why would I go in there? The manual does not provide much depth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So there is the whole question about target audience:<\/p>\n

The Yourself!Fitness web site is woman-oriented, as are all the in-game graphics. The loading screens feature tips and advice from Prevention magazine, and some of the statements are geared directly towards women. 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We can then discuss whether this thing really is a game, or just something that is distributed through the game channel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watercoolergames pointed me to the Yourself! Fitness game. But the IGN review is everything you ever wanted: The overweight, out-of-shape, hardcore gamer tongue-in-cheek trying to pick up a physical exercise regimen from the in-game personal trainer, Maya. (Named of the modeling program?) I can’t come up with anything better than what the review says, so … Continue reading “Today, God help me, I bought an exercise step”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}