Comments on: Two Small Steps for a Gamer, Two Giant Steps for Gamerkind http://www.gamersizescience.org/2008/07/two-small-steps-for-a-gamer-two-giant-steps-for-gamerkind/ The Quest for the "Perfect" ExerGame Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:55:35 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Nicole Cargill-Kipar http://www.gamersizescience.org/2008/07/two-small-steps-for-a-gamer-two-giant-steps-for-gamerkind/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Nicole Cargill-Kipar Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.gamersizescience.org/?p=76#comment-48 "... lack of body awareness and low self-efficacy are known barriers to exercise." I think you put this perfectly. If someone who never used to move let alone exercise was to experience the joy of movement, and may this be even fairly low impact/exertion, then, I would assume, they could get hooked on that joy. While I personally wouldn't want to use exergames (distinctive non-gamer here) and prefer a good old gym without distractions, I can see how a game can be motivational. “… lack of body awareness and low self-efficacy are known barriers to exercise.”

I think you put this perfectly. If someone who never used to move let alone exercise was to experience the joy of movement, and may this be even fairly low impact/exertion, then, I would assume, they could get hooked on that joy.

While I personally wouldn’t want to use exergames (distinctive non-gamer here) and prefer a good old gym without distractions, I can see how a game can be motivational.

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