Post by Thomas Eversole on Jul 10, 2016 9:51:20 GMT -6
For those not familiar, there is a genre of smartphone games (called "augmented reality" "virtual geocaching" or GPS "scavenger hunt" type game) that can't be played just sitting on your butt all day. These apps have been praised for giving the good old fashioned foot exercise a new fantastic flavor.
A lot of people locally have been foaming at the mouth over this Pokemon Go smartphone game. My wife started playing it, and like a good husband, I've drove her around town so she can get items that are farther away than on foot from the house. LOL I've even seen high school kids around town playing this or other types of these games.
Since I'm slowly regaining my health and strength back from fighting cancer and my wife occasionally reminds me that I need to be here for 50 more years, walking and/or jogging is one element that will help me in multiple ways. Pokemon Go doesn't work on my Samsung Galaxy S4, and I didn't want just any run of the mill fitness app, but I found something else that does and its a little bit more up my alley.
This game I've been playing, (the above pictures I took this morning) you catch virtual ghosts! The game (SpecTrek) generates ghosts and hidden items automatically on my phone's GPS maps, and I walk around to find them, level up to get skill points to increase catching abilities. This particular app is already 4 years old (!) and even though the ghost design is pretty crude, its fun as all-get-out to play.
Walking alone with music or a passive game, I'm usually done after a mile.
This morning, I didn't even realize I was on foot for 2 hours, covering almost 2 and a half miles because I got 8 ghosts, two hidden items and my character level to 4. Two ghosts were in a cornfield at the edge of town, one was too far away to get, but I got the other one. (my mom and brother thought that was funny - so did I!)
Anyone else have a FUN app that helps with exercise or physical well being?
A lot of people locally have been foaming at the mouth over this Pokemon Go smartphone game. My wife started playing it, and like a good husband, I've drove her around town so she can get items that are farther away than on foot from the house. LOL I've even seen high school kids around town playing this or other types of these games.
Since I'm slowly regaining my health and strength back from fighting cancer and my wife occasionally reminds me that I need to be here for 50 more years, walking and/or jogging is one element that will help me in multiple ways. Pokemon Go doesn't work on my Samsung Galaxy S4, and I didn't want just any run of the mill fitness app, but I found something else that does and its a little bit more up my alley.
This game I've been playing, (the above pictures I took this morning) you catch virtual ghosts! The game (SpecTrek) generates ghosts and hidden items automatically on my phone's GPS maps, and I walk around to find them, level up to get skill points to increase catching abilities. This particular app is already 4 years old (!) and even though the ghost design is pretty crude, its fun as all-get-out to play.
Walking alone with music or a passive game, I'm usually done after a mile.
This morning, I didn't even realize I was on foot for 2 hours, covering almost 2 and a half miles because I got 8 ghosts, two hidden items and my character level to 4. Two ghosts were in a cornfield at the edge of town, one was too far away to get, but I got the other one. (my mom and brother thought that was funny - so did I!)
Anyone else have a FUN app that helps with exercise or physical well being?