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EA Sports Active 2.0 Will Measure Your Heartbeat, Share Your Data, and Work on Your iPhone

Given the roaring success of Wii-exclusive "EA Sports Active," the hardcore workout video that masquerades as a video game, a sequel was pretty much inevitable. Thankfully, this one's more "Dark Knight" than "Electric Boogaloo."READ»

The Best Wii Fitness Games for Your New Year's Resolution

Ah, the New Year. Nothing says bright, shiny reboot like those perennial resolutions to "lose weight" and "stop using the stationary bike as a clothes rack." Happily, the Wii console has created a flourishing new fitness market. Here are our top picks from this year.READ»

Jenny McCarthy Teaches Fitness on the Wii, with Semi-Annoying Real-Time Feedback

Like working out to exercise videos but wish they gave personalized feedback? Fan of Jenny McCarthy? If you answered yes to both questions, Ubisoft's new fitness game for the Nintendo Wii, Your Shape, could be for you. The key ...READ»

Inside Ubisoft's 'Your Shape' Fitness Game

Video game journalist Stephen Totilo has suggested that we may currently be in the self-help era of video games, with products on the market that promise to help you keep your brain young, quit smoking, and get in shape. The latter ...READ»

How Body Sensors Are Gaming the Health System

Marientina Gotsis Media Lab Manager USC School of Cinematic Arts Los Angeles, California Gaming the System Marientina Gotsis, 31, teaches "Games for Health" at USC, and with a grant from Health Games Research, she ...READ»