How do you motivate a person to change her attitude? How do you motivate someone to change her behavior?
This girl made an astonishing change....by playing a video arcade game, Dance Dance Revolution.
At this time, I was a senior in high school and weighed about 235 lbs. Four and a half years later, I now weigh close to 140 lbs and I would’ve never guessed how much that trip (OR a video game) would affect me with my health/weight, and in growing to be a better, more self-confident person.
(note: this is a site that markets a home dance pad).
What is Dance Dance Revolution?
To someone watching a round of Dance Dance Revolution (or DDR for those in the know) for the first time, the game looks like a combination of high-impact aerobics class and a legs-only version of Twister. A player stands on a metal pad in front of the DDR machine and chooses a song. Once the song begins, the game screen shows a series of arrows pointing up, down, left and right. As the arrows move toward the top of the screen, the dancer steps on the corresponding arrow on the metal pad. The faster the song, the faster the player has to step and jump. And the more accurate and timely the player's steps are, the higher he or she scores.
Evidently, the game is quite addicting.
If you are travelling, you can fiind the closest game by using this site
If you are still confused, here's photos and FAQs.
DDR is one of a class of games called bemani
(oh, I forgot--Jason wrote about it, but Cory told me.
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