The Herald has published an article this morning talking about the early findings of a Auckland University study designed to measure the metabolic rate of children aged 14-16 playing EyeToy, versus other children engaging in jogging, cycling, soccer or cricket.

You might think that as a gamer I would encourage research that might prove that playing games can be as good for your body as exercise. Well… not so much. It all sounds pointless to me.

Aside from the questionable results presented in this first report - amongst other claims they list jogging and cricket as if they yield the same results - what exactly is the study meant to prove? Some games let you move around, and moving around expends energy? No kidding!

The key thing the researchers are forgetting is that fat kids probably aren’t likely to play an energetic game in the first place.