The Escapist Presents: Pokewalking with The Escapist

[CaptainCrunch]

I think the restless leg test might have been compromised. As I recall, these devices are easiest to cheat in a vertical orientation, so attaching it to the ankle rather than the top of the foot might have different results.

I'd wager a guess that the pedometer in the Pokewalker is little more than a freely swinging switch. Most simple pedometers operate on this principle, and as such require the contact be maintained for a brief time to log the step.

Meaning, restless leg more likely failed because it was too fast. It would be the same for the mechanical paint can shaker.

Too bad I can't drive so I don't have a car.

Would attaching it to the spokes on a bike do much?

Nope. Pedometers generally measure rapid changes in acceleration. When your foot hits the ground, the pedometer accelerates rapidly in the opposite direction it was traveling. The electronics measure the spike and add to the counter. If you attached it to anything that rotates at relatively constant speed in the same direction, you would only get steps when you went over large bumps, or if you changed gears a lot.

 

[zauxz]

Try taping it onto a fan or a power drill!

 

[capacollo]

haha ... I see a new job for WOW gold farmers ...

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

Bah, just get some exercise.
You might lose some weight you know

 

[Melancholy_Ocelot]

Try taping it onto a fan or a power drill!

I read that a ceiling fan would work nicely...just make sure it's on the nice and snug.

 

[John Funk]

Bah, just get some exercise.
You might lose some weight you know

This wasn't meant to be taken seriously, you know. I bring the Pokewalker with me when I go work out every night.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Try taping it onto a fan or a power drill!

I read that a ceiling fan would work nicely...just make sure it's on the nice and snug.

I would think the movement of the fan would be far too smooth. There has to be a back-and-forth-ness to the movement in order for it to register.

 

[Jared]

Thats awesome, lol...I loved the Jordan Dean trick XD "Trust us, he wont mind!"

Heh, Ill need to share this with a feew friends who have it =D

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

Bah, just get some exercise.
You might lose some weight you know

This wasn't meant to be taken seriously, you know. I bring the Pokewalker with me when I go work out every night.

...
I...
I knew that.

Is the pokewalker totally replacing the day-care in the game or is it just an extra?

 

[John Funk]

Bah, just get some exercise.
You might lose some weight you know

This wasn't meant to be taken seriously, you know. I bring the Pokewalker with me when I go work out every night.

...
I...
I knew that.

Is the pokewalker totally replacing the day-care in the game or is it just an extra?

Nope! The day care's still there. How else would you breed your 'mons?

 

[r-h-maclanahan]

Through the process of accidental experimentation, the washer dryer method does not destroy the pokewalker (Nintendo must have though about people like me), and gave me about 540-ish steps in over the process of a few hours.

 

[The Great JT]

Is the pokewalker totally replacing the day-care in the game or is it just an extra?

Nope! The day care's still there. How else would you breed your 'mons?

A clean motel and Marvin Gaye? Aah, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, don't hit!

 

[jpakaferrari]

I suggest using the laboratory vortex to shape it up. You just hold it on there for a bit with your hand and push down and it vibrates really fast. Should shake it up quite nicely. That is if you have access to one possibly in a biology laboratory.

 

[oppp7]

It's been a while since I cheated at a Nintendo game.
Well, I guess if I get bored with it I can do that, but there's not much of a reason to use the Pokewalker.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

God, they made it so hard to cheat at that thing. Just sitting and shaking it only works once in a blue moon.

Works all the time for me

But on topic what I do is take it with me whenever I go out and then put it in the passengers seat when I'm driving, so every bump I hit makes it move and I get LOTS of steps

 

[Baby Tea]

I would think the movement of the fan would be far too smooth. There has to be a back-and-forth-ness to the movement in order for it to register.

What about taking out one of the blades to make it lopsided?
Then it would be all...shakey.

Or! Wrapping it in something soft and dangling it over a fan, so the fan hits it over and over!

Fun video, though!
The dog is just adorable, and Jordan's bouncing is hypnotic! (That was Jordan, right?)

 

[Helios_(DEL)]

lol at the attaching it to his dog...lawl

 

[Gerrawn]

Woulden't it be a better idea to tape the pokéwalker to the car tire instead and just drive around for a while?

 

[Virgil]

Nope. Pedometers generally measure rapid changes in acceleration. When your foot hits the ground, the pedometer accelerates rapidly in the opposite direction it was traveling. The electronics measure the spike and add to the counter. If you attached it to anything that rotates at relatively constant speed in the same direction, you would only get steps when you went over large bumps, or if you changed gears a lot.

That's how it seems to work to me. I'd like to try taping it to a clock pendulum, which I suspect would work well, but I don't have access to a clock with one these days