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: GamePolitics.comChild Shrink: Time for Games to Feature Exercise Ratings
By pete_gallagher
As the gaming world continues to evolve further into the era of true interactive gaming, one child psychiatrist thinks it's time for a new ratings system that informs consumers about a game's ability to contribute to exercise.
Paul Ballas guest-authored a Wired article on the subject following an introduction to, among other things, Sony's Move and Microsoft's Kinect technology at this year's E3 Expo. Ballas thinks that if videogame developers focused their efforts on creating games that also provided a cardiovascular workout, 'there is a real chance of striking a blow against childhood obesity.'
To that end Ballas outlined the type of content descriptors he would like to see:
Similar to Food and Drug Administration-mandated labels on food, an exercise rating system could estimate the calories burned by the average person in an hour of gameplay. The label could range from Sedentary for lean-back, button-intensive shooting games to Active for games with a calorie-expenditure rate comparable to playing basketball. Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).
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