Recently videogames that use physical input devices have been dubbed â??exergamesâ? â?? games that combine play and exercise. This paper offers a historical perspective on exergames, from early arcades to the Atari 2600 through contemporary consoles, as well as a theoretical analysis of the different rhetorics such games deploy to influence players toward physically-active gameplay.


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published December 14, 2005