First the New York Post reported on a Guitar Hero course being offered at NYU this fall, now comes word that the University of Houston has integrated Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Dance Dance Revolution into its physical education curriculum. I am thrilled that video games are being used for educational purposes, [...]

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Weblogs have become tremendous outlets for self-expression, thanks largely to the widespread – though not universal – diffusion of Internet services. In the days of yore, newspapers were the primary vehicles for editorials. Not anymore. Now, any individual with a computer and an Internet connection can share his/her views with the world. Many gaming sites, [...]

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The description made by Games Press – general British hub for press releases, screenshots, that sort of thing – of this week’s UK games chart said it all: “Wolverine ranks as this week’s top game that isn’t Wii Fit.” Once again, for about the 20 billionth week in a row, Wii Fit has topped the [...]

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The new national pastime in the UK is apparently knife crime, which I think we can all agree is a welcome change from cricket. With those tastes in mind it seemed that the world heavyweight champion of the concealed shiv, Richard B Riddick, would be riding Assault on Dark Athena straight to the UK No [...]

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Oi! Pipe down at the back there! And the middle! And, well, the front…okay, the whole friggin’ readership shut up for a minute. It turns out that, if approached properly, with a sensible frame of mind, Wii Fit can invigorate your body a little more than you might think. Seriously, I know, because I volunteered [...]

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Nintendo’s at it again. Hot on the heels of Wii Music’s release in the UK and the news that Wii Fit is the most searched consumer item in the run-up to the holidays comes the story of a new game in the Wii series on the consoles, this time targeting a very exclusive Japanese [...]

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Remember this?
If not, then I’ll tell you what the hell this is about. A few months ago, a video appeared on YouTube of a woman being ’secretly filmed’ by her boyfriend, doing the hula on Wii Fit. The video became so popular, that the girlfriend was invited onto the Tyra Banks Show, where she turned [...]

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And people say you can’t learn a thing from newspapers these days (well, Eoco does at least). In Saturday’s Times in the UK, an article in the business section covered a couple of pieces of speculation about the Wii 2 – how it would be controlled, what Nintendo would do in terms of power, and [...]

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Last year, we toyed with Nintendo’s trailer, questioning whether something like Wii Fit would really provide any sort of benefit or fun. Today, we’re proud to give closure to those still waiting for an answer to the question: “Does Wii Fit work?”
Starring “Dave” as the fat guy, the song was written and performed [...]

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Hey all you gamers and lamers out there, it’s once again time for the Super Duper Tuesday Stock Value Ticker Watch – the only place on the net to get gaming news in numerical form. Sit back, relax, and enioy the bears, bulls, and bollox.
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Joystiq informed us that Amazon.com had already sold out [...]

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With the release of Wii Fit less than a month away in Australia, Europe, and North America, I wanted to remind you that Sarcastic Gamer has been making fun of this bathroom scale since it was announced. Here’s our look at this silly contraption that will probably sell MILLIONS of units within hours of release.

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Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the US version of Wii Fit will arrive on May 19th for the price of $89.99. So, if the game is $50, which would be way too much for a mini-game collection, that’s $40 for this bathroom scale? Do the Japanese really think us Americans are that big? I know I’ve [...]

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