Dance Dance Geek Weight Loss
I picked up DDR Max 2 and a Dance Pad Revolution 2 control pad for Christine’s birthday. Thanks for the recommendation, Mike. Works like a charm.
She loves it. Not surprising as my wife has a background of dancing her ass off in some of the finest clubs of Manhattan.
Of course, I had to give it a try. Some things that I have learned from playing only a handful of times.
1. Either DDR provides a heavy aerobics workout on even the most basic levels or I’m in bad shape. Honestly, I’m just plain out of shape.
2. My sense of rhythm sucks, but improved over only a few games.
3. The soundtrack gave me flashbacks to the early ’90s and any of a number of bad parties I attended while at school. Yet, still, the need to move my feet in an orchestrated manner is an effective distraction.
4. The game is stupid simple. Yet, it is also quite a bit of fun.
I now fully understand how a number of my friends in the computer industry have done some combination of losing weight and getting in shape via marathon DDR sessions on a regular basis. The game includes a workout mode for exactly that purpose.
In this one case, I might just have to put together the open source version– including dealing with the pain of custom wiring, custom software installation, system administration, etc– just so I can use any of the thousand or so danceable electronica or world music tracks I have in my collection as the soundtrack. As much as trying to stay on my feet distracts me from the crap music, that’ll only last so long.
Hmmmm…. PyDance seems to be the way to go. Python, too. Yum.