And the award for the most pointless Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 accessory ever goes to…

[HEXUS]

With Christmas recently over it’s time to shed a few pounds and what better way could there be then to get fit whilst playing videogames, or so you’d think wouldn’t you?

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[vinnyT]

They had a similar thing in Vegas a while back (may have been last century), with slot machines attached to treadmills. You could only play the slot if you'd done a certain distance. Pounds losing Pounds (sorry.)

[danroyle]

see i disagree with this. everyday i ride for 45 mins on my exercise bike and while i do it i play fifa 08 on my 360 to ease the boredom and i am still able to play.however i did try playing forza once while on it and that went quite badly

[Steven W]

however i did try playing forza once while on it and that went quite badly

lol!

yeah, I suppose it depends on the game. A game that involves riding a fitness bike or doing step aerobics would make perfect sense.

[Veles]

I know some bloke only played WoW while using an exercise bike, set his PC up to a projector and then stuck a keyboard and mousemat to the handlebars. He lost like 12 stone or something apparently.

[Blademrk]

But surely that came from not eating while playing Warcrack?