Kinect Adventures Encourages Gamers to Exercise with its Fun Challenges that provide more health benefits than Playing Outside

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Kinect adventures is a sports video game that uses the player's body as a controller to engage in the mini games. The objective of the game is to get the highest score of the activity among your friends. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville study states that active or motion video provides more productive exercise than simply going outside playing regularly. To prove this, the researchers conducted a three week study on children playing the game Kinect Adventures on the Xbox 360. What the researchers found that the participants "produce a greater percentage of moderate to vigorous intensity than unstructured outdoor play." The explanation for this is that, there is no real objective for kids to play outside. Despite the freedom that kids can do outside, once they get tired, there is no reward for continuing the activity. As a result, they will stop playing and go home. However, video games challenge gamer with goals and reward that motivates them to keep going.

Video games are often stereotyped for being an influence with obesity and health problems, but active video games can provide a great alternative to exercising outside or getting fit in general. If gamer play the game the way they are designed, they can burn a good amount of calories and have fun while doing it. Not only that, but it provides a simulation that requires the player to use their body as a controller for the game. Gamers can improve their motor skills and reactions to help them play better in sports and making decision faster. It also important to note that these motion video games can be played at home. In case if the weather outside is preventing anyone from exercise they can play the game as a substitute to remain in shape.

There is a misconception that video games isolate the players from society causing, social anxiety but that is false. Games, like Kinect adventures, can be played cooperatively with another person for a greater experience. Not only it provides entertainment but it can be used to bond with others. Since players are working together with a common goal, it requires them to think and understand each other to be effective. It develops player's effective communication on trying to reach a common goal that both players want.