DDR Coming To West Virginia Schools

Next Generation is reporting that Konami is bringing Dance Dance Revolution to 765 state public schools in West Virginia. The move is intended to counteract the growing youth obesity problem facing the United States. From the article: "'Bringing the health benefits and enjoyment that DDR provides to school children is a great way to combat childhood obesity that is caused by the sedentary lifestyle of today's kids,' said Konami's Clara Gilbert, director of business partnerships. 'DDR has been a proven success in schools and this program with the State of West Virginia demonstrates the positive effects that can come from making DDR a part of one's daily routine. This first-of-its-kind partnership will help us continue to demonstrate the benefits of DDR to consumers around the country.'" On one hand, that's awesome. On the other, if I was still in middle school, I think DDRing in front of middle school girls would be a sure way to cause permanent psychic scarring. Update: 01/25 21:34 GMT by Z : HTML is hard. Fixed link.

"Pyschic scarring"?

[Matilda the Hun]

On the other, if I was still in middle school, I think DDRing in front of middle school girls would be a sure way to cause permanent psychic scarring.

They would visciously abuse you with the power of their MINDS. I've always suspected females were capable of this.

Seriously, though, I think you're looking for the word "mental" there.

Re:Link

[fishybell]

Oh, come on, you ruined it. Now I actually have to (feign) RTFA before posting...

Great....

[MBraynard]

I suppose this will lead to DDR being a sport in WV like Soccer and wrestling - not quiet on the level of Football, track and basketball, but up there.

Will you be able to 'letter' in DDR? Will there be state championships?

Or will this be more like just a machine in the middle of cafeteria that no one will touch for fear of peers' redicule. I would have tried it back in the day because I had pretty much maxxed out the peer redicule I could get.

OR will it be like racketball played against a gyms collapsed bleechers for two weeks during the required PE class?

Of course, if the machine is not on free play and/or not well maintained.... I actually expect both. I'd be surprised if K didn't expect kids to dump their change into the machines like they do with the soda/snack machines next to them.

Re:Back in the day....

[david duncan scott]

I think their forefathers avoided morbid obesity more through working really, really hard all the livelong day, mining coal and farming rock and like that. Kickball was probably how they caught up on their sleep.

Wow, it's not dead yet?!

[uradu]

Fifteen years after its demise, the East German communist state is infiltrating a US school system--talk about sneaky and resilient.

Re:Wow, it's not dead yet?!

[Chris Mattern]

"Fifteen years after its demise"? Where have you been? The US school system has been the East German communist state for *years* now.

Chris Mattern

Well, about time!

[pla]

DDR Coming To West Virginia Schools

You mean those poor buggers still had machines running with PC133? Ouch!