A Review Of Falling Off The Treadmill While Trying To Stream Xbox Game Pass
Warning: Playing video games while using exercise equipment can lead to injury.
Warning 2: I knew this already before trying it.
Warning 3: Playing video games while using exercise equipment can lead to Injury, even if you knew that before trying it.
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Believe it or not based on everything you’d assume about me, I have a gym membership. Even more surprising, I try to use it when I can because I’ve spent the last three years huddled in a one-bedroom apartment arguing with people on Twitter. It’s a reason to get me outside and then back inside where there's an air conditioner.
At the same time, working out is the most boring activity in the world. And before you @ me, I’m sure that your love affair with biking / jogging / lifting / swimming / climbing is fulfilling, and I’d understand it if I tried. But the thing is, I did try. And it’s boring. Exercise is boring.
So in an effort to entertain myself at the gym, I decided to bring a controller and an iPad to stream Game Pass games over the local wireless network. I then put that iPad on the treadmill, paired the controller; and I was off to the races.
The races that would end in tragedy.
My first concern was the Wi-Fi speed. Surely a gym couldn’t handle the bandwidth of streaming top quality triple-A content, right? Wrong! The network held up pretty, pretty well. I had hit the gym early in the morning, so maybe the web tubes were clear. A few frame drops and some lag once in a while but perfect for running Forza.
Well, perfect in that I didn’t realize I’m a child who shifts his entire body to the left or the right playing driving games. My center of gravity decided it had more of an emotional connection
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