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by conflictNo 11/25/2006, 1:55am PST |
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When Videogames Hurt.
WSJ wrote:
They[gamers]'re reporting aching backs, sore shoulders -- even something some have dubbed "Wii elbow."
This guy has been doing some serious field work during the one week that the Wii has been out, keeping his ear to the streets.
WSJ wrote:
"It's harder than playing basketball," says Kaitlin Franke, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Ky. She has been camped out in front of her family's TV, fine-tuning her bowling motion and practicing boxing footwork in two of the Wii's games. Almost immediately, she says, her right arm started to feel numb.
Childhood diabetes : (
WSJ wrote:
Another hazard: collisions. All those flailing arms can sometimes inadvertently smack into lamps, furniture and even competing players. IGN.com, a popular site that reviews videogames, said one player testing the Wii lost her grip and sent the controller flying into a wall. Blaine Stuart of Rochester, N.Y., mistakenly whacked his fiancée, Shelly Haefele, while playing tennis and also accidentally hit his dog while bowling.
I guess this is the part where the story would have gotten interesting had anything actually happened. MEANWHILE, who will provide seed money for me to develop a Wii controller lanyard attachment?!
WSJ wrote:
Nintendo itself warns players about this risk just before some of the games begin. A message flashes up on the screen saying: "Make sure there are no people or objects around you that you might bump into while playing." Some Wii games also have pop-up reminders every 15 minutes advising gamers to take a break.
A better article would have had this part at the top and then really nothing else.
Here's a sidebar mini-review of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (?!):
WSJ wrote:
The latest in long-running series, protagonist Link is in a foreign land fighting an evil force. Includes fishing sound effects.
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The Wii is hard work. by conflictNo 11/25/2006, 1:55am PST 
Re: The Wii is hard work. by James Taranto 11/25/2006, 5:21am PST
Asshole Sony spies NT by Borat 11/25/2006, 12:26pm PST
This seems like a sign. by Worm 11/26/2006, 2:00am PST
Nintendo sez: Jesus Christ you fat fucks! by Mischief Maker 11/26/2006, 9:33am PST
I suspect that this comment is directed at their American audience in particular NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/29/2006, 2:46pm PST
All wii fans are spastic. by Worm 11/28/2006, 8:46pm PST
Man they funny never stops with you. by Please, more you. 11/28/2006, 10:25pm PST
Oh no? by Worm 11/28/2006, 10:31pm PST
YES ^_^ ;; NT by I need clarification 11/28/2006, 10:41pm PST
If you posted half as much, that would count right? NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 11/29/2006, 6:25am PST
Who knows? by Worm 11/29/2006, 1:15pm PST
Hang around! I find you funnier than INC, MM, Creex, and ICJ. U r moving up. NT by Quentin Beck 11/30/2006, 12:12am PST
Yeah, you're every bit as funny as worm also! NT by Another cool Eighth Grader. 11/30/2006, 2:09am PST
Fire up the monty signal. I don't see how I can ever recover from this. NT by Worm 11/30/2006, 6:03am PST
No, don't you see? It was a killer burn. 8TH GRADE, MAN! NT by Shredder 11/30/2006, 9:40am PST
Somebody broke an expensive appliance with his Wii by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/29/2006, 2:44pm PST
i'd have more respect if these fags were breaking their appliances NT by with their WEE WEE's 11/29/2006, 2:49pm PST
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