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DDR For Your Health

Dance Dance Revolution is going to be deployed at middle schools in West Virginia. It is an attempt to reduce obesity. The CNN article.

Students 10 to 14 years old are being targeted first because it is a key point in children’s development, said Linda Carson, a professor at West Virginia University’s School of Physical Education in Morgantown.

Those are the ages “when children really begin making more of their own decisions and a time when they could easily choose to be more sedentary,” said Carson, who is conducting an ongoing research project into the video game’s health benefits.

Posted by on January 26, 2006 at 10:12 am
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Sega coming out with plug-in handhelds…

Just saw on Gizmodo that Sega is coming out with their own version of those plug-in controller boxes. More Info

Posted by on January 23, 2006 at 4:05 pm
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Tecmo Arcade Classics

So last week when a couple of went to Target I noticed something new for the X-box only: Tecmo Classic Arcade*. I looked and it is only available on that platform–which frankly sucks.

There have only been two games I’d ever want to play on the Xbox that you cannot get anywhere else–Abe’s Oddworld 4 (or whatever it was called) and this one.

This Tecmo gem (for those of you who have conceded to the will of Microsoft–yet again) has the following games:

Tecmo Bowl
Rygar
Starforce
Solomon’s Key
Bomb Jack
Tecmo Cup
Pinball Action
Pleiads
Senjyo
Swimmer
and Strato Fighter

It does NOT contain the one game I like best from the Tecmo series: Super Tecmo Bowl. I have that for my NES and still play it regularly. The thing is–all of the above games are the real arcade versions–NOT the NES versions so there is benefit to this unusual collection.

Screenshots.

*Note that the prices on the EB Games website are swapped. The new price is actually lower than the used price [today]. A little mistake that could save you about $10.

Posted by on November 22, 2005 at 9:03 am
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Mutant Storm

For those looking for some Robotron-like action using a modern game engine, try Mutant Storm. A total of 89 levels of 3D arenas to fight through. Well, not really 3D arenas. All action is taking place on a 2D plane like Robotron, just that the POV changes as you move. The game uses the Torque engine, which was the base for Tribes 2.

Mutant Storm is over two years old, so some of you may have already heard of it. I have been playing Mutant Storm since January of this year, and still fire it up if I want some quick arcade action.

You can use a mouse and keyboard, but that just doesn’t cut it. I recommend a dual stick game pad. I use a Saitek P2500. This way you will get an experience closer to playing Robotron.

Game is available at Garage Games, and at Pom Pom Games. Yes, it is a multi-platform game. But if you go the linux route, make darn sure that your game pad has linux drivers.

Posted by on November 19, 2005 at 6:17 am
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Quake 4

I was in Target the other day and I came across this. Did I completely miss this? I didn’t see anything on this. So did anyone else know there was a new Quake in town?

Quake 4 is using the new Doom 3 Engine. New vehicles that you can drive and you can fight alone or in a squad.

Posted by on November 14, 2005 at 1:01 pm
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