Wii causes death in SacramentoHare brained schemes of our timeBy Nick Farrell: Tuesday 16 January 2007, 08:28Click here to find out more!A MUM of three is dead after taking part in a competition to win a Wii console. Jennifer Strange took part in a 'hold your wee for a wii' competition at the studios of KDND 107.9.Like the name suggests the competition involved drinking shedloads of water and then not going to the loo.According to the Sacramento Bee, contestants were initially given eight ounce bottles of water to drink every fifteen minutes, with larger bottles being used once contestants began to drop out.This is not the first time in the Sacramento basin this has happened. Makes you wonder what weird idea was in the organisers' brain.
New York State plans video game ban for under 30sThis one will probably workBy Nick Farrell: Thursday 18 January 2007, 07:28NEW YORK STATE is planning a law which would prevent the sale of some video games to those under the age of 30.The move, being pushed by democrat Aurelia Greene, will stop all violent games being sold to young whipper snappers under the age of 30. It is not clear if they are allowed to buy it if they show up with their mums and dads.It will require that mature-themed games sold in shops be kept under the counter where the covers cannot be seen by minors, because 29 year old Americans are easily shocked.If the law ever gets New York State's blessing, it will mean that you are considered mature enough to smoke, copulate, drink, drive a car, get married, and vote but not buy a copy of Counterstrike.Greene’s bill has been referred to the Assembly’s Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection. It has the same vague wording which has resulted in similar laws being struck down as unconstitutional in other US States.First thing on a Thursday morning it is impossible to think why Greene believes that someone who has hit the magic 30 is any more mature than someone who was 28.
Wii causes lardy users to lose weightFlick of the wristBy Nick Farrell: Monday 22 January 2007, 07:25Click here to find out more!THE LATEST game action on the Wii console can cause weight loss as if you were doing a real work out, according to a bogger.Wii user Mickey DeLorenzo claims that he is 4KG (nine pounds) lighter after playing Wii Sports games for more than six weeks and a day.Speaking to WiiNintendo.net, DeLorenzo, 25 noticed that he was breathless and sweaty after pummelling his missus in the Wii Sports boxing game.He set up a daily regimen and started a blog to record his results. He ate as usual and didn't deprive himself during the holidays. The only thing that changed was the addition of daily, 30-minute sessions of Wii tennis, bowling, boxing or baseball.Apparently he was 181 pounds when he started and it all fell away. There are loads of before and after pictures to prove his point.
Fat gamer keels over after marathon sessionBrown breadBy INQUIRER newsdesk: Wednesday 28 February 2007, 16:32A ROTUND CHINESE GAMER has died after a marathon gaming session over the Chinese New Year holidays, according to Reuters.The hefty bloke from Jinzhou in Liaoning province weighed in at a whopping 330lb and suddenly collapsed on the very last day of the holiday, having spent pretty much all of the seven-day holiday playing online games, says the China Daily.Local teacher Xu Yan wasn't too surprised at the bloke's obsessive gaming patterns, telling China Daily that there are literally only two options during the "dull" holiday period: "TV or computer.""What else can I do in the holiday as all markets, KTV and cafeterias are shut down?" he continued. It is no surprise, then, that 2.6 million of China's youth are classed as official interweb addicts.This isn't the first MMORPG-marathon related death. Maybe Jack Thompson was right after all. µ
