We've all heard about how dangerous videogames are from a variety of crackpots who vilify their violent content and penchant for teaching kids how to murder people, but it's not often that the virgin-white Wii is branded dangerous. Fortunately, Dr. Bret Bruder has come out to keep America's idiocy levels rising, by claiming that the Wii is a dangerous machine ready to ensnare and then hurt unsuspecting gamers.
The emergency department doctor warned viewers about the perils of Nintendo's albino wagglebox on Cincinnati television, pointing out how complaints ranging from sore muscles to outright injuries are piling up. Because this is America damn it, where somebody being idiotic and straining their own muscles past comfort limits is NOT their fault!
"Those type of injuries you wouldn't expect from indoor play with a video game," Bruder claimed. "The popularity of it, the explosion of this has been unexpected and amazing ... Young children through middle-age people (are) being over exuberant, coming in after hours and hours with their arms, shoulders and joints aching."
Classic. People are getting carried away and so it's the Wii's fault. What next? Will somebody who breaks his leg playing soccer go on the warpath against anything round, proclaiming all spheres a menace? Will somebody who drives their car into a wall because they weren't paying attention to the road decide to sue a brick company? There's only one thing that's dangerous in this equation, and it's once again a lack of accountability. If you hurt yourself playing on the Wii, you're a tool and it's your fault.
[Via The Inquirer, with thanks to Aerox]
Contest:
9:19 PM on 01.07.2008
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I agree 100%.
But I do have a serious concern that I was developing carpal tunnel in my hand from Guitar Hero III due to its unnecessary finger pretzelling as I like to call it... That could also be due to the fact that two years ago I broke my left hand.
In any case... HA!
*ta-ta-ta-CHING*
Priceless.
Hmmm, maybe if these people would get off their lazy asses once in awhile and step outside, then they wouldn't get sore from playing freakin' Wii.
What did you expect?
You Americans, all crazy.
Y'know how you can stop those muscles from being sore? More exercise. I've heard that 'walking' thing is quite a bit of alright, really. Oh, and streching? That's the bomb too, apparently.
Next thing you know, America will be rivaling Ethiopia for world's thinest nation, or something.
. . . OK, maybe not.
Go find a hobby and don't read what you don't like, or is that too much to ask somebody with nothing but time on his hands?
Seriously, WTF ? If it hurts, stop. It's called common sense.
Also, I gotta agree fully with Oni - PEOPLE MOVE ! WOW ! I thought America was all like "OMG the fast food is getting to us, we gotta do something !"
Something is done and they greet it the american way.
I love the hint of the smell of lawsuit in the morning.
Turns out you can do everything from a sitting position doing nothing more than flicking your wrist.
OK, I've been on edge lately. I'm done.
Seriously, the old saying "no pain, no gain" is pretty true. The fact they are getting hurt only means that they are out of shape and are getting hurt cause they are doing more work then their body is used to. If those poeple hurting themselves keep playing like that on a regular bases their muscles will get stronger and it will not hurt.
Ofcourse, you could still hurt yourself from working out too hard and as such poeple should use a little thing called "common sense" to know when to stop... if it starts to hurt or your're getting exhausted and you don't like it then just STOP!
DAMN YOU SPHERE!