gizmodo.com — Online, there are already gripes and legal threats regarding Wii-induced muscle aches, which is pretty much what you’d expect from nerds who haven’t moved their bodies in years... I have equally little sympathy for [these] people...because they ignore the huge, on-screen warning that, before every game, advises you to move furniture out of the way.
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frankie4fingersDec 29, 2006
LoL, it is soo funny. I predicted a long time ago in every wii post I saw that people would complain after like 30 min of playing one. I think people just like the concept of the wii and it seems like it would be fun, like going to the arcade and playing a new interactive game.The difference is, at an arcade you plan on standing up, walking around and holding your hands up for as long as you are at the arcade. People that play home consoles typically play for long periods of time and get sore thumbs because they play so much. Imagine the soreness I said of playing all night on a good game.Well, here it is and these whiners need to stop and think about how long they are playing. They need to ration their play time or suck it up. It does take some stamina even to hold your arms up for 30-60 min. Try holding just your arms out for 20 min. It is really tough. Even those tough people who will respond to this post about how easy it is, once they try it they will understand. So either play less or get a different gaming console, one that doesn't take your body moving all the time so you can be the couch potato that you like to be.
hansoncDec 29, 2006
why link to the gay jizzmodo site instead of say... I don't know... the ACTUAL ARTICLE? <a class="user" href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/28pogue-email-2/">http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/28pogue-email-2/</a>
Closed AccountDec 29, 2006
I studied law in Canada, not the United States and my specialisation was the philosophy of law.Interestingly, the people who are legally correct in this case are being buried, and the nintendo fanbois who shout "GET OVER IT!! IT'S YOUR FAULT" are being dugg up.Re: the question of assuming risk -- I actually had brought that up. But I did not do a legal analysis of the situation because that is beyond my scope. I just raised the major issues -- showing that there IS actually a difficulty here and it is not black and white.Re: the question of whether I am a know it all smartass -- #1 I am right, so sorry if this bothers you, and #2, perhaps you are just an idiot. Why am I suddenly a pathetic shut-in because you think that I looked up Stella's name? I don't even know that I had her last name spelled correctly, and I didn't look up her name. I mean honestly, just do the tiniest bit of elementary research in this case; my law professor handed a half-page summary out as a "fun" activity one day. This is such a well known case that I would almost be surprised if you HADN'T heard of it.
nmaster64Dec 29, 2006
You are not legally correct, unless you have a court case pertaining to the Wii to back that up.Personally, I don't find it reasonable or foreseeable for Nintendo to have predicted the mass stupidity of the American market. I knew it would happen, but I never imagined this scale, and I'm sure they didn't either. They put warnings on EVERYTHING.The fact remains: if you read the instructions and pay attention to the warnings, that is, IF YOU USE THE DEVICE PROPERLY AND ARE NOT A COMPLETE MORON, you will not experience any problems. Thus, Nintendo is NOT liable. They covered their bases IMO.
anotherbrianDec 29, 2006
From what I've seen of the strap it looks like you slip it around you wrist, then you're supposed to slide the little bead up to your wrist to tighten it. If you don't and you let go, it's coming right off.I'm guessing someone lets it slip from their grip and into the TV. Then they realize that they didn't slide the bead up correctly and snap off the strap so people won't think they're a moron for thrashing around so hard that is slipped.
cstrippieDec 30, 2006
@anicejew (as if)I studied law in California.You are not dugg down because you are wrong, you are dugg down because you are an ASS. Not to mention an embarrassment to Jews who actually *are* nice.