Heeere They Come To Save The Daaay!

There's a new video game for teens and pre-teens that targets the danger of obesity. Read about it here. I have mixed feelings about this. I do not doubt the sincerity of what they are trying, but I wonder how effective it will be. Their main target (teens and pre-teens who are already overweight) consists of many video gamers who sit all day in front of their consoles, eating chips and swigging sodas, and wearing astronaut diapers so that they won't be bothered by having to go to the bathroom while they are playing "Halo". They do not get outside and exercise very often. So, if this game of bad puns (Obeez City and Col Esterol, etc.) catches on, I predict that these same gamers will be playing the game while sitting all day at their console and still swigging chips and sodas. I don't see them switching to celery sticks and carrots. It'll be just another game to these "Generation i" kids (That means the internet generation, as opposed to my generation, Generation X, which means the geezer generation to them). Kids now have so many choices for inside entertainment, they don't have to go outside to keep from getting bored. So, I'm not sure if giving them another reason to stay inside and play a game instead of going outside and exercise is necessarily the right thing to do.