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Quick Look: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved

Jeff feels the burn in places he didn't even know he had.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Nov. 5 2010

Cast: Dave, Jeff, Ryan

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Your Shape Fitness Evolved

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I think Ryan would win in the BMI contest.

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Traveling to Plie Chai ... traveling to Chie Chan.

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This looks awesome! Digging Jell-O Jeff.

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Is it just me or does the tone the woman's voice take during the tai chi segment sound a bit like the ship from Mass Effect?

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JEFF IS FAT

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@ProfessorK said:

" Is it just me or does the tone the woman's voice take during the tai chi segment sound a bit like the ship from Mass Effect? "

Are you referring to when the ship is saying stuff like:
 
"Commanding officer is aboard, XO Pressly stands relieved"
 
Yeah I played alot of ME and she doesn't sound like the ship at all, lol my Mass Effect nerdiness is shining through :D
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Sorry but this looks like hell to me. The only thing I want to exercise is my thumbs...

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Zen Jeff.. all serious.. this game looks awesome.

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Namaste

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This actually looks pretty damn cool.

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I was laughing my ass off when Ryan said, " YOU TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF IN THIS DOJO!" 

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Namaste Motherfucker!

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This is why I'm going to buy a Kinect.
 
We still use Yourself Fitness for the original XBOX (it's backward compatible), which was made by the same developer.   It's the best fitness 'game' that I've seen.

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"Xbox, High Colonics." "NOOOO!"

This actually looks pretty interesting.

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Zen stuff was sick. I actually zoned because of it.

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I feel so chill right now...

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Wow, that zen thing...the snow-capped mountain, the vaguely zen-like tree and lake, the ambient nature sounds and chill music...they really nailed that one.
 
This game looks so slick, visually.

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I love the graphics and presentation in this, it's classy as hell.

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I know more about Jeff's hips now than I ever hoped or feared.

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Jeff goes for it when he hula hoops! 

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@Venatio: Guess it is just me >.>
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There is something oddly compelling about watching Jeff play Your Shape.

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@Kbohls said:
" Somehow I don't think you burn 14 calories punching across your body. I run a mile and lose around 125 calories "
Jeff is also probably twice the weight of a runner.
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I'm thinking Jeff's shirt color could be why Kinect isn't work as well with the menus as it was for Ryan (it wasn't GREAT for Ryan either, but he didn't have nearly as many problems.) because it's near skin-color.

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Jeff would have made a great O-Lineman in High school or college football.

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endurance run! jeff and ryan ;)

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@Piranesi said:

" To return to these games over a long period, you do need a decent carrot and stick - you have to feel you are achieving something each time. After the novelty of the minigames has gone, and the routines become routine, you lose the motivation to put the disc in again. "

I thought of the exact same thing while watching this. I did think that this was a much better effort than The Biggest Loser, which was essentially a whole lot of exercise built around very very little game. At the very least though, as long as interesting kinect games keep coming out, then I will probably consequently buy them, and then continue to lose weight/ get in better shape. (I would love to see if a shooter actually worked (somehow) on this new interface. Imagine all the calories you'd burn running from cover to cover.)
 
YourShape just looks cool as hell in general, though. Gonna get Dance Central too when I get some more money on hand.
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can't believe how many of you think this is a good idea for the direction of video games.

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@Everybody_Poops said:
" @Funkydupe: It was unresponsive for 2 minutes at the beggining. "
I dunno. I've been thinkin about that. I think it might just be janky kinect launch drivers? I guess we'll find out in a week or so once they sort out the bugs.
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@Spam101 said:
" can't believe how many of you think this is a good idea for the direction of video games. "
I don't think anyone here says that Halo/CoD/Mass Effect or whatever should be replaced with this. Just that aerobics and dance games are a nice thing to have in addition to the stuff we've been getting for the last decade or so.
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This would be great for some type of virtual reality hacking game.

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your to funny :D
looks like a okay game but we will see one to many of the same.

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this and Dance Central are 2 games I would buy if I had an Xbox360 and if I had a Kinect.

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@ahriman22 said:

" @nickhimself: Actually heart disease is totally worth the deliciousness. "

Damn straight. I'm down to wrap my heart in bacon.
 
Also, watching Jeff get frustrated is just the best.
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@Spam101: Good direction for video games, no.  But this kind of thing is better suited for the Kincet than video games are.  Kinect is really a decent technology being used for the wrong part of the industry, I feel.  Fine for fitness, education, and the like.  Not good for gaming. 
 
This seems like the only worthwhile thing I've seen on the Kinect thus far, and it's a bit of an expensive investment when you could just buy exercise equipment.  At least until other stuff comes out for it.
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Looks very impressive. Really liking the look of the menu and the way everything works :)

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definitely the best looking kinect title

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That UI really is sweet.  This and Dance Central would indeed be the games to get if I was going to get Kinect ... and a 360.

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@Spam101: Know what you meen. I play video games to blow s*** up and have a good time, not to learn to dance or get in shape. Jumping in rafts? Playing with tigers? Stopping leaks? That's just f***in creepy if you ask me. Well of course I actually don't know if that is what you mean, just my take on it. 
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Not gonna lie, this was really cool.
Seems like the best explicit demonstration of what the Kinect can actually do (which is something sorely lacking in a lot of these release titles).

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That was a very exciting Quick Look.  Seeing Jeff do Zen was oddly soothing to watch.
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Just got my Kinect today.  I really really enjoy it, it's great fun.  However after I spent about an hour moving furniture to make room for it.  
HUGE WORDS OF WARNING.  You can NOT play two player games if you aren't ATLEAST 8 to 10 feet from the Kinect device.  The minimum is 6-8 and that is just for single player.  You also will not be able to use Kinect ID for it to know who you are since it goes through the process thinking you have a full 8 feet of space. 
If you have the room and the space, which is atleast 8 feet around as well because remember you have to move around, then GET it.  However if you don't have the 8 feet or more then you will just be playing these games as single player games. 
I am going to post this in each quick look, so don't rant against me just want to get the word out before someone with a small living room buys this thinking they are going to have friends over and play.

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looks good, but Ubisoft is still batting one for three with it's kinect launch titles.

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hmm first game that made me really think about getting a Kinect. seems better then the wiifit and dealing with a small plastic pad and all. 

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I clicked Call of Duty: BlOps quick look and ended up here.
 
Wut??

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This is the game that actually got me to buy a Kinect. For a fitness program it's just great to get real-time feedback about your technique, much better than a straight workout video. I can't see Kinect as something that I'll actually get a good Game experience out of, but hot damn, if you're wanting to get some kind of physical activity and excercise this seems like the place. 
Hope they do a EA sports Active QL, I'm fairly interested in that too.

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looks neat. looks really neat.
 
@Spam101 said:

" can't believe how many of you think this is a good idea for the direction of video games. "

it's some fine use of the whole tangential motion gaming stuff.