by Reuben Waters on Dec 24, 2009
Imagine if you will a game in
which the performance and visual appearance of your character was
directly linked to your overall physical fitness here in the great big
MMOG called life. That's essentially what Microsoft is
proposing with a recent patent filing, and while many of the specific
applications for the "
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Individualized by Physical
Characteristic" are thankfully
still in the realm of the
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if, that also means there's
plenty of room for rampant
speculation. So slap on your best pair of +10 Holiday Ram Pants and
strap yourself in for Loading... Aspect of the Cheetos.