Game Review : Touch Grind

Many people has obsession to be a pro skateboarder, but only few of them could make it happen. Most of us suffered chronic beer-belly stomach, short legs, or just feared to get injured. Thanks to modern technology, now we can skateboarding with our fingers, not only with your legs.

Touch Grind is a new game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that uses the media player’s multitouch interface to let your fingers do a little skateboarding. We control the game by placing two fingertips onto the skateboard and flicking to do tricks. Sounds weird? Just imagine your two fingers as tiny little legs standing on the surface of the skateboard, and it starts to make a lot more sense. This game is also supported by 3D physics engine, makes it possible to create our own tricks, online level, and skatepark.

Game Trailer : Need For Speed : Undercover

Illegal street racing is not a child toy : yet it's a criminal activity, and you'll get chased by cops.
Playing illegal street racing on console makes you more childish : it's not a criminal activity, but it also makes you chased by cops.

Watch this NFS : Undercover trailer : you can feel the thrilling excitement of racing on public road, getting chased by police, and exotic racing car running wild on your screen. Just expect EA to release better version of NFS ProStreet, I know some of us dissapointed by it because EA erased most exciting factors of NFS brand in NFS ProStreet. This game will be available soon.

New Money Making : Rent Your Nintendo Wii for $110 An Hour For Workout

Are you already get bored with your Nintendo Wii?
Or are you a fitness gym owner who wants to make a breakthrough?
Why don't you put that console in gym and charged the costumers $110 for an hour for private training session?

Is it sounds silly? Not really. In fact, a Manhattan gym is charging their costumers $110 for one hour private training session with Nintendo Wii. Great business breakthrough isn't it? But is it really effective to our training?

"You'd be surprised. It may have little to do with the real sports, but we get people's heart rates up to 140 to 150 beats per minute - although some of that may just be the excitement of the game," said Evans from Gravity Fitness at Le Parker Meridien hotel, Manhattan. Mark Natale, executive director added that their costumers has accustomed to training out with Wii. "We think of this as just another tool at the gym," he said.

So how they manage the Nintendo-style workout at gym? They simply combined Wii sport games (boxing, tennis, dodge ball, etc) with the real thing. They put the Nintendo-style workout in between technical and physical workout, when they used to take a little break. "I use it in what we call 'active recovery time,' during which normally I would have them do a wall sit," Evans said. "But this is like a reward."

Is it sounds useless to you? Just think it again. A study by the American Council on Exercise found that although playing the Wii is no substitute for the real-life sports, it is possible to burn almost as many calories. Even it's easier than the real thing, it still help costumers lose a few pixels in the process.

So, if you're run out of money, just bring your Wii to your gym and rent it to other costumers... Just if you don't get kicked off by gym owner.