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By stormturle

July 12, 2009 11:54 PM | Link to this

tar include growing order access trend observed

By Anne

March 2, 2008 1:32 AM | Link to this

This is the first video game console ever to get my attention, and my kids have all of them! But I really love the Wii. Just got it a few days ago and we’re playing too much - my shoulder’s a bit sore and I socked my kid in the arm pretty good with the controller during tennis.

But, hey, we’re doing new fun stuff together and we love it! As it gets closer to spring and warmer weather, we’ll be heading out to play real tennis…but up in the north in cold winter, the Wii is a reasonable, and more than reasonably safe, alternative.

Worth every penny, already.

By Josh

February 25, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Jim - The games are ANOTHER form of PT and fitness. They are not the only way. Some people might respond better to video games as PT because they can see their progress better.

As for the article, complete horsecrap. Yes people can get hurt, but it’s their own damn fault. You can play Wii Sports moving your wrist only and it doesn’t have to be so hard.

The only other thing I can say is that it does take a little getting used to. You shouldn’t be play Wii Sports for 5 hours straight

By Josh

February 25, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Jim - The games are ANOTHER form of PT and fitness. They are not the only way. Some people might respond better to video games as PT because they can see their progress better.

As for the article, complete horsecrap. Yes people can get hurt, but it’s their own damn fault. You can play Wii Sports moving your wrist only and it doesn’t have to be so hard.

The only other thing I can say is that it does take a little getting used to. You shouldn’t be play Wii Sports for 5 hours straight

By JohnnyFACEHEAD

February 24, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

this is tragic.

i didn’t even get to the bottom of the article, this subject is soo tired and old. (plus the author seems a bit simple)

people who dont like nintendo are stupid liars, and i hate you.

TELT

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By Tony

February 24, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

I think anyone that gets injured playing a video game is a moron. I have had a Wii since they first came out and I have never been injured once and I have never damaged any property with it. If you are playing a game on the Wii in a manner that injures you, others, or your TV, then you aren’t playing correctly.

By Dave

February 24, 2008 2:00 AM | Link to this

Seriously?

I own a Wii, and I can say first hand that NONE of the motions actually need to be so extreme. The accelerometers in the Wii Remote and Nunchuck are sensitive enough that simple motions in the appropriate directions (e.g. forward or to the side for boxing) will suffice.

The only game I’ve needed to really do the motion for is bowling, and even that can probably be played without full motions.

People are making the problems out to be more than the reality of the situation.

By Jim

February 23, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

Are you kidding? If we have come to the point that video games are being used for PT and as a form of fitness we are truly living in a sad society. Whatever happend to getting hurt from riding bikes or climbing a tree or playing games with kids outside?