DDR to be forced on fat kids in WV

[Zeo]

Good god. What ever happened to regular old gym class?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/hl_ ... _konami_dc


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Children in West Virginia's public schools will be required to play Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.'s popular "Dance Dance Revolution" video game under a deal to help the state battle rising childhood obesity rates, the company said on Wednesday.


In the game, arrows appear on a video screen according to the beat of a song. Players score points by stepping on matching arrows on a mat. Units with a special workout mode allows players to track the calories they burn.

As part of the partnership, which includes all 765 of the state's schools, West Virginia will develop a curriculum based around the video game and track its progress.

All of the state's schools will have "Dance Dance Revolution" equipment within two years, said Konami spokeswoman Clara Gilbert.

The total cost of the program is $500,000. Konami is giving the state $75,000 in cash for product and research related to the program, which the company said is the first of its kind.

Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Konami Corp.

[Coor]

There was a DDR class at my high school in Daytona Beach that counted as a gym credit.

I think you had to get an A on at least 2 songs once a week or some shit like that.

[karmakaze]

DDR kicks ass.

[elasticwings]

Personally, I prefer dodgeball. That was my gym game of choice.

[TheSym]

Well my sense of teutonic discipline was piqued by the thought of the Deutches Demokratische Republik's former wall guards being brought in to shape those kids up Soviet Block steroid Olympics style.
Sadly I was mistaken.

[miz kitty]

I wish I'd had this option in school! I hated gym. I was always the kid that got hit in the face with the volley ball.

[junkie christ]

Personally, I prefer dodgeball. That was my gym game of choice.

me two
i was the fast skinny kid.
so i loved that shit.
haha.

[Zeo]

Well my sense of teutonic discipline was piqued by the thought of the Deutches Demokratische Republik's former wall guards being brought in to shape those kids up Soviet Block steroid Olympics style.
Sadly I was mistaken.

[Abomination]

No! NO!
After the economy falls we need MEAT !
"For F*cks sake, these people are our FOOD, not our alies!"
They are juicy and tender and easy to chase down!
No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

[iblis]

No! NO!
After the economy falls we need MEAT !
"For F*cks sake, these people are our FOOD, not our alies!"
They are juicy and tender and easy to chase down!
No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

seeing as i generally cut off, or spit out the fat of good, wholesome MEAT!!!! (my not-so-private fuck off to vegans world-wide) i'd think that it'd be better to make sure that the object of our consumption is in good shape. lean meat makes for better bowel movements, after all.

[TheSym]

Zeo, I doubt that Lenin and Marx had the vision to realize the ultimate Social Revolution would be a Dance machine. Personally I believe that if we could go back in time and destroy the prototype:

maybe we can stop the rise of the American Idol/Dance Revolution robots...

[Coor]

Niice...and actually I'm afraid that I have to agree with you...However...you can't take a dance machine in your car to annoy your parents with on a cross country trip...


YET!

HAHAH!

[karmakaze]

don't forget this little step of evolution.



that thing is worse than fucking crack.

[iblis]

don't forget this little step of evolution.



that thing is worse than fucking crack.

ooooh.

must buy shiney...