Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Arm-wrestling game recalled for breaking arms

Some games are apparently more vigorous than others. The Story:
Japanese game maker Atlus said on Tuesday that it would remove 150 Arm Spirit arm-wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms while wrestling with the machine's mechanized appendage.

"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man," said an Atlus spokeswoman. "Even women should be able to beat it," the company claimed, saying that it would check the machines for malfunctions as "a precaution."

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Wii Fit

Wii Fit is new software for staying in shape with the Nintendo Wii. Here's the 2007 E3 demo reel:



The new controller is tentatively named the "Wii Balance Board". The game is intended to release in Japan Q4 2007, then in the US in the first half of 2008.
UPDATE: Here's a parody version of the same video, courtesy of SarcasticGamer.com:

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