Health insurers to fat kids: Go play Dance Dance Revolution
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Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance
Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance
04/04/2005 01:54 PMThere have been discussions over the past few years about the problem
of childhood obesity and how
video
games that force kids to be active may be at least part of the
solution. While going outside and doing something is probably better,
if they must be staring at a screen, they might as well be active
about it. It appears that one insurance company has decided to test
this out and is
running a study by giving Dance, Dance Revolution to kids
in an effort to make them lose some weight. While others have noted
the aerobic nature of the game (and the game apparently has a calorie
burning counter as an option), this appears to be the first insurance
company promoting the game. Next thing you know, your car insurance
rates will rise if you play Grand Theft Auto...
Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists
Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists
06/24/2005 06:25 PMCory Doctorow:
Kickass Kung Fu is a video-game in which you use real martial-arts
moves to control an on-screen kung-fu fighter in order to best both
human and AI opponents.
The game takes place on a 5 meter cushioned playfield suitable for
martial arts and acrobatics training. Using custom computer vision
technology, you are taken inside an artificial reality where the
normal laws of physics no longer apply. Your movements are exaggerated
so that you can easily dodge your opponent's bullets by jumping five
meters in the air and landing behind his back. Using the dual
projected screens, one at each end of the playfield, you can also
continue by counter-attacking your stupefied enemy from the behind.
Link
Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit
Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit
01/25/2004 04:09 AMYoz has posted a great account of his encounter with a touring clade
of pan-European Dance Dance Revolution obsessives:
"We're a group of DDR players in Norway." Do they play other bemani
games? "No, just DDR." He points to the guy he was playing with, now
off the machine and chatting to his girlfriend. "He's from Sweden, he
has a DDR group there too." The machine is now in the control of the
third chap, a large-ish bloke with shoulder-length hair. "He has a
group in France, but they play all kinds of music games." Do you guys
play competitively? "Sometimes... like tomorrow. It's why we're all
here - there's a big contest at the Namco arcade in Westminster.
There'll be players from four different countries. It's pretty big."
LinkDance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid
Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid
05/24/2004 06:59 PMThis CNN piece follows the tales of formerly supersized boy and girl
geeks who shed *lots* of unwanted weight playing the wacky Japanese
electronic game "Dance Dance Revolution." In DDR, players stomp around
on a grid of brightly lit squares while hyperfast techno music blares
at them from a video display unit. There's also a home version, which
sells for under US$50.
As she cooled herself in front of a fan at a video arcade, two teenage
boys danced on a machine nearby. Their sneakers pounded out a staccato
rhythm at a pace so fast that "Lord of the Dance"'s Michael Flatley
would be envious.
Not everyone sees dramatic results. Seventeen-year-old Justin Meeks
says his body is more toned, but his weight hasn't changed. He's
pleased to point out, though, that his dancing skills have helped him
get girls. "Two. I'm guilty of that," Justin said with a grin as he
watched friends play DDR.
LinkDJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution
DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution
04/03/2005 07:50 PM
DJ Format
meets Dance Dance Revolution Director Keith Schofield turns out a
blazing video for British DJ Format and his top notch crew of pasty
Canadian rappers, turning their song "3 Feet Deep" into a
high adrenaline arcade hi-score smashing rampage.
Dance dance revolution
Dance dance revolution
10/28/2003 11:07 PMHoly cow!! They just had the guy from the Kollaboration 2000 talent
contest perform in between talks. Fucking amazing.
Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....
Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....
05/07/2004 11:27 PM
Bobby
Fuller<
/a> was a Texas based rock and roll singer best known for the immortal
rebel anthem "I
Fought The Law,". Considered by many to be the heir to
Buddy Holly as the king of Texas Rock, he built on Holly's style with
songs like the aforementioned "...Law,"
"Jenny Lee," "Love's Made A Fool Of
You," and the 2 1/2 minute masterpiece "Let Her
Dance." And then it ended,
at age
22, in very
weird circumstances. Over the years, interest in Fuller and his work
has ebbed and flowed, and plenty of
archival material surfaced, but the mystery of his death
remains unsolved, although many have
speculated. Ann odd end for a footnote character in rick history, but who was
bound for more
Kids try to dance away weight
Kids try to dance away weight
04/06/2005 11:49 AMglobetechnology.com Apr 6 2005 3:35PM GMT
Kids in Study Try to Dance Away Weight
(AP)
Kids in Study Try to Dance Away Weight
(AP)
04/04/2005 11:18 AMAP - Like many other 11-year-old boys, K.D. Jones loves sports. But at
5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight and his asthma an obstacle.
His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds, and he is hoping a new health
study using a video dance game will help him get down to 125 by the
end of summer in time to play football.
Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)
Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)
04/08/2005 05:05 AMborn
glumbert.com/media/dancewhiteboy.html
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Dance Dance Resurrection
Dance Dance Resurrection
05/28/2004 04:51 PM
Jesus-themed variant of DDR (shut up, don't go pointing me to snopes
-- of *course* it's a hoax).
Link; other
recent BoingBoing posts on DDR
1,
2,
3. (
millegrazie, mi piccolo
snoodilio, also on Absolute
Friends:
But who is Mundy Three, when Mundys One and Two have gone
to bed? Who is this third person who is neither one of the other two,
who lies awake while they sleep, and listens for the chimes of country
bells he doesn't hear? He is the silent spectator. he is the one
member of the audience who doesn't applaud the performances of his two
familiars. He is made up of all the odd bits of his life that are left
over after he has given the rest away.
Dance Voldo Dance
Dance Voldo Dance
07/18/2004 03:34 PM
Dance, Voldo,
Dance (embedded quicktime .mov) Two people controlling two Voldos
(the #1 freak from Soul Caliber). Quite possibly the most amazing
synchronized video game dancing you'll ever see.
Dance, Voldo, Dance
Dance, Voldo, Dance
07/19/2004 04:26 AM
Soul Calibur's Voldo choreographed to music .. 11.2 MB Quicktime Link
.. Dance, Voldo, Dancebainst.com/madness/voldo.html
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I Would Like You to Dance
I Would Like You to Dance
04/09/2004 04:07 PMSmartyPants
1.5 is out.
Update: Version 1.5.1 is now out, with one small
bug fix for Movable Type users.
Shall We Dance?
Shall We Dance?
08/27/2002 03:44 AMThe Dance Is On
The Dance Is On
03/13/2003 10:24 AMThis month's Google Dance has begun; you can track its march across
the data centers in the righthand sidebar of dance.efactory.de....
Sun does SOA dance
Sun does SOA dance
07/02/2004 05:54 PMSun Microsystems is developing SOA (service-oriented architecture)
technology called Project Kitty Hawk, Sun officials said at the
JavaOne Conference in San Francisco last week.
Dance pop grows up
Dance pop grows up
02/10/2004 06:47 AMKylie Minogue's teasingly tantric "Body Language" and Sophie
Ellis-Bextor's icily elegant "Shoot From the Hip" make Britney and
Christina's over-the-top vocal gyrations look like child's play.
*does the happy kid dance*
*does the happy kid dance*
06/30/2004 11:31 AMOne phone call, can make your day....
Dance Fever
Dance Fever
04/02/2005 04:03 PM
I'm tired of
getting deleted every time I mention what a disgrace the USA has
become. So lets forget our silly differences, how you illegally
invaded a sovereign country and are torturing and murdering it's
people, and DANCE!!!!!!!
via b3ta
Another Song and Dance
Another Song and Dance
05/20/2004 11:34 AMWho says nice guys always finish last?
Morrissey Dance
Morrissey Dance
07/11/2004 06:34 AMMorrisseyDance
morrisseydance.com
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The Google Dance
The Google Dance
06/12/2002 06:22 AMWhat is the Google Dance? LinkTree says: Once in a month Google
calculates the pagerank of each page and changes the serp (search
enigne result pages) for all keywords. The Google Dance is called the
time between the start and the end of an update. In that time you get
different results on www.google.com, www2.google.com and
www3.google.com. Normally the Google Dance took about 4 days. The best
time to put new pages online is during the Google-Dance. If you let
too much time lapse between the completion of the update, and the
publication of new content, you may reduce the amount of new content
that will be included in the next update. Woz at WebmasterWorld offers
this alternate explanation: They put some pages in, They take some
pages out, They calculate the PageRank, Then they shake it all about,
They wait until the full moon Then they mix the servers up, Thats what
its all about. If you're really interested, WebmasterWorld keeps a
chart of Google Update History.
the safety dance
the safety dance
11/18/2003 11:36 AMAnne and I were listening to Fred while we were driving home from
Burbank the other day. That stupid "Safety...
The religious right dance in NYC
The religious right dance in NYC
08/31/2004 10:21 PMNAS: the elephants dance
NAS: the elephants dance
04/07/2005 09:32 PMTechWorld Apr 8 2005 1:36AM GMT
The Antitrust Tap Dance
The Antitrust Tap Dance
04/20/2004 04:46 PMDealerscope Apr 20 2004 7:54PM GMT
"Robotic Dance"
"Robotic Dance"
12/20/2003 09:47 PMWhen's the dance?
When's the dance?
01/03/2003 12:48 AMGoogle Dance Tool tracks the dance by watching when backlinks on three
popular pages are updated. It tells you when the last changed (the
last dance) and offers to email you when the next dance starts. Very
useful for compulsive Google watchers....
"Lap Dance Reality Video"
"Lap Dance Reality Video"
11/02/2003 09:45 PMIBM does Linux-only dance on Power
IBM does Linux-only dance on Power
09/13/2004 02:50 PMThe Register Sep 13 2004 6:36PM GMT
1E Disco Dance Floor
1E Disco Dance Floor
04/15/2005 04:51 AM"Your failed business model is not my problem." .. The USB controlled
dancefloor .. when geeks go disco .. MIT students ..
Linkage
web.mit.edu/storborg/ddf/index.html
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Life's strange dance
Life's strange dance
09/15/2004 03:01 PMHe came to her in the middle of the night She memorized his face under
the street light He talked...
Rio looks to dance over iPod mini
Rio looks to dance over iPod mini
08/03/2004 07:21 AMvnunet.com Aug 3 2004 11:49AM GMT
A Dance and Its Digitized Echoes
A Dance and Its Digitized Echoes
04/13/2005 12:06 AMTrisha Brown's latest work, an innovative fusion of modern dance and
high technology, combines motion-analysis with choreography.
USB Disco Dance Floor
USB Disco Dance Floor
04/12/2005 03:41 AMOther News: Slam Dance
Other News: Slam Dance
09/03/2004 10:09 AMApple slams the new Microsoft music store.
Lightspace is looking for dance partners
Lightspace is looking for dance partners
09/27/2004 03:10 AMBoston Globe Sep 27 2004 6:41AM GMT
Grok Description matches for Health insurers to fat kids: Go play Dance Dance Revolution
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Health insurers to fat kids: Go play Dance Dance Revolution
