West Virginia is spending ten grand to study whether schoolkids can be convinced to lose weight through the use of Dance Dance Revolution. Awesome. I love seeing states spend money on harebrained schemes, and I especially love seeing states spend money on harebrained scheme that, strangely, might actually work -- the folks at GetUpMove.com certainly make a compelling (albeit sponsored) anecdotal case for DDR's defattening powers.

Up next: a persistent online roleplaying game based around not getting pregnant. The input device might be tricky to figure out...