Set your controller down and try these activities instead.

If you like Mario Kart, try go-kart racing. You may not be able to bounce on mushrooms and glide on ice like in Mario Kart, but your need for speed will definitely be satisfied at the Allsports Grand Prix. On rainy days, there is no need to stay indoors and stare at your TV,when you can race your friends indoors on an eight-minute long racetrack. Although $24.50 for the first race and $18.50 for each additional race may seem a little pricey, go-kart racing is sure to be fun.

Allsports Grand Prix: 45915 Maries Rd, Ste 170,Sterling, VA 20166

If you like FIFA Soccer 2012, try outdoor soccer. As the EA Sport’s slogan says: “It’s in the game.” Instead of creating an indent in your couch cushion while playing FIFA Soccer 12 on your TV, call your friends and head over to Mason District Park for a real game of soccer. After all, the chances of a snow blizzard at this point in winter are very slim. It’s time to step out of the cave that is your basement and into the sunlight on the free turf fields of the park.

Mason District Park: 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003

If you like Call of Duty Black Ops, try paintball. Blood, gore and mass murder are the main components of most of today’s popular shooting games, like Call of Duty: Black Ops. Paintball offers the same sensation of playing these games by putting you in the game – but with less violence. Take a trip to Pev’s Paintball with your friends and defeat your enemies with a paintball gun for a $25 admission fee and $15 equipment rental fee. You may get some bruises, but it’s all fun and games in the long run.

Pev’s Paintball: 39835 New Rd, Aldie, Va 20105