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Gamers Gone Wild; Wii goes flying
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| _Griphin_ User Info... |  SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Jaana Baker is no klutz -- note her second-degree black belt in tae kwon do. She's also an avid video gamer who puts out a Web-based comic called "Level 99" in her spare time. So how did Baker end up launching the controller of her new Nintendo Wii (pronounced "we") right into her 37-inch TV? Like some other owners of the new game console and its motion-sensitive wireless remote, Baker took the freedom to move a little too literally. A particularly spirited round of Wii bowling caused her to lose her bearings before unleashing what she had hoped would be a perfect strike. "It was like a loud crack," she said, recalling the moment the "Wiimote" glanced off her coffee table, snapped its wrist strap and hurtled into her flat-screen TV. "It was kind of surreal, actually. I thought I was dreaming at first." It appears that Baker is not alone. In recent weeks, the Web has been alight with reports of excited gamers losing their grip on the Wii's controller or smacking their arms into nearby objects. --- Also be sure to check out: http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com which tells you about the nasty injuries these uncordinated and out of shape Wii players have. As the picture above illustrated, a problem with drunkeness and coordination played a big role in that injury. - Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:30am Edited: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:32am | ||
| J User Info... | theres only a handfull of different happenings/accidents on that page, mostly just the same old story of the controller flyin' and hittin' stuff. Im glad that theres no real hardware bug or a total recall*(killer movie btw... if you like the governator), cuz all those parents who've stood in line for one of those sucka's... will turn out to be the actual sucka'! wait for the new year! new year, new shipment! O, and griph, you spoke of carmageddon and i got it mixed up with another game for the 64 which wasn't all that great... i found my old carm. cd's in a vault(my comp wont run it but i remember the game and it kicks ass). I think that was one of the first games to be able to run people down(like in its later generations "GTA"). - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:11am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Yes, Carmageddon got all wierd, BUT Carmageddon 2 is a good update (I don't think the newer OSs will handle Carmageddon) but if you login to http://www.tdr2k.gamingsource.net/c2adv/ you can get a modification so you end up playing original Carmgeddon/Splat Pack tracks in Carmageddon 2 (and it's FUN!!!) - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:56pm Edited: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:56pm | ||
| Mica User Info... | i don't know about this thing. how long before there is a seal clubbing game? and what will be the consequences of that? if you can't control your follow-through you'll hit yourself right in the knee-cap. ouch. - Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:20am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | A seal clubbing game?!? It's sorta like Carmageddon, but instead of driving you walk around and club seals using the WII controller?!? That would be funny! - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:23pm | ||
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