For as long as people have realised that Quake 3 Arena is more fun to play with a steering wheel and pedal setup, modders have been looking for unusual peripherals with which to play the most challenging games. Dark Souls is usually the flavour of choice for these experiments, with savvy technicians rejiggering everything from Guitar Hero instruments to Dance Dance Revolution mats to add an extra layer of challenge to From Software’s final Dark Souls masterpiece.

Turns out that going to watch a good move at the cinema is no just great entertainment but good for your health too.

The exercise game built around some RPG-lite elements has proved to be an incredible endurance test as speedrunners spend around 18 hours completing it. I’ll admit, speedrunning has always been a fascination of mine, although it’s something I think better appreciated from afar. There are so many great games out there that spending days on days just playing through a …

Exercise! It’s the one thing that many of us just don’t do enough of, and even for those of us who do manage to fit some gym time into our schedules, the actual effort is a bit of a slog. Nintendo reckons that they may have a way to make exercise fun again, with Ring Fit Adventure.

The Big N is looking to spin the Nintendo Switch off into a new direction that focuses on physical wellbeing and a little bit of cardio exercise. At least I think so? See for yourself in the new trailer below for whatever the hell this hula hoop thingy is that Nintendo is teasing.

Maybe running isn’t for you though, and that’s just fine. Plenty of other options exist, from boot camps to trampoline cities, although there’s nothing wrong with sticking to a tried and trusted method of staying active: Picking up a heavy object, putting it back down and repeating the process ad infinitum. In other words: Gym.

One of the many stigmas that gamers face is that we gamers (and geeks) spend a reasonably large part of our lives sitting in front of a screen, lying in front of a TV or just generally being quite sedentary people. It fits right into the narrative of the badly socialised, overweight and unhealthy lifestyle that many paint us with. It doesn't have to be that way.

Feel like you need to up your exercise? Check out parkrun - a collection of community driven 5km races that can be found all over the world.