"Yes you can," EA tells President Obama

By Ellie Gibson Published 22 June, 2009

Should have called it EA Sports Baracktive.

EA Sports boss Peter Moore has challenged Barack Obama to give EA Sports Active a go.

Around a week ago, you may recall, Obama mentioned videogames in a speech on taking responsibility for our own health. " It means going for a run or hitting the gym, and raising our children to step away from the videogames and spend more time playing outside," he said.

Now, in a post on his blog, Moore has applauded the sentiment but issued Admiral Obama with a challenge.

"It may be time for the President and his family to put their Wii to good use and fire up the 30-Day Challenge with EA Sports Active," he wrote. "This is a "game" even the President may not want to "step away" from.

Moore said he's "excited about what EA Sports Active is bringing to the world of physical fitness and the way it is changing people’s lives in the process - whether you’re someone who hasn’t broken a sweat in 10 years or someone who hits the gym six days a week.

"In fact, I know he’s in pretty good shape, but I guarantee the President wouldn’t look quite so smooth walking across the White House lawn to Marine One the morning after his first session with EA Sports Active (especially if he does those pesky lunges)!"

You might think Obama would be too busy dealing with America's struggling economy, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the perpetual threat of Cylon invasion to do much lunging, but that hasn't put off Moore.

"Mr. President, here is my challenge to you: Try EA Sports Active and I guarantee you'll need aides saying "Yes You Can!" to finish your first workout."

EA Sports Active is out now, priced at 8/10.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • mcmonkeyplc #1 3 years ago

    Admiral Obmama!

  • _Price_ #2 3 years ago

    Priced at 8/10? Is that how they're working out the RRP now?

  • coolbritannia #3 3 years ago

    Cylol

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #4 3 years ago

    I thought Admiral Obama was a keen boxer. Surely he'd prefer punch out.

  • skillian #5 3 years ago

    "Mr. President, here is my challenge to you: Try EA Sports Active and I guarantee you'll need aides saying "Yes You Can!" to finish your first workout."

    Does anyone else just cringe while reading this stuff?

    edit: I guess squarejawhero does too :)
    Edited by 1 at 22/06/09 @ 10:29

  • kangarootoo #6 3 years ago

    It reeks of PR, but I'm not sure why it is being called desperate.

  • rhubarbandcustard #7 3 years ago

    "You might think Obama would be too busy dealing with America's struggling economy, the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the perpetual threat of Cylon invasion to do much lunging, but that hasn't put off Moore."

    I would have thought so too. Unfortunately this is what happens when you vote some vacuous male air head as a President.

    I mean, why the hell isn't he taking the Cylon threat seriously? Bush would have.

    Toasters and towel heads. George knew who the enemy were.

  • AphoticCosmos #8 3 years ago

    Lol @ Admiral Obama.

    Thank you for making a rubbish Monday more tolerable, Ellie.

  • DanC89 #9 3 years ago

    Now if this was Gordon Brown..

  • Hexagon #10 3 years ago

    I just wonder if Obama will actually accept the challenge. It would be interesting to see the outcome.

  • VampiricEye #11 3 years ago

    Is fly-swatting a part of the game? If not, then Obama will most likely pass on this.

  • Cannibal #12 3 years ago

    These new comment features are really annoying. Half the posts are blanked out.

  • finty13 #13 3 years ago

    @rhubarbandcustard

    Holy frak! Maybe Obama is a cylon.

  • LlamaFarmer #14 3 years ago

    @ Cannibal: I agree, although I see the point of the feature in general I'd prefer to be able to switch it off altogether (As in making the whole +- thing on the side disappear). I enjoy reading the occasionally stupid comment, and some people have said perfectly reasonably things in other threads but they disappear because a couple of people don't agree with them. It's not really separating good/on topic comments from bad/off topic ones effectively

  • smelly #15 3 years ago

    "Half the posts are blanked out. "

    only the shit ones.

  • VampiricEye #16 3 years ago

    Just set "Threshold" to show all. Problem solved.

    You're welcome.:)

  • Bravestinsane #17 3 years ago

    [link url=http://www.eurogamer.net....
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    EURO < Europe not fucking America....

    What the hell is with the media and this guy you would think hes fucking Jesus, and if that's to bad for any religious people how about Moses, seriously leave this guy out of the news i have had enough for now.

    The other day he killed a fly in a meeting at the white house.. the BBC decide to write a news article on their webstie about the best 10 ways to kill a fly...

    A FLY... its a fucking fly who gives a shit, you would think this guy is king of the world.....

    Moore is a moron anyway blatently a publisity stunt... and it's now put me off this game even more than how i didn't want it all ready.

    "Kid's should go out and play more"..... "chuckle chuckle chuckle they should try EA sports active tehe"....Twats.