November 30, 2006 12:25 PM PST

Wii Disaster Watch: Wii Injuries are So Totally Mainstream Now

When Crave launched its Wii Disaster Watch mini-feature a little over a week ago, many of you scoffed (light-heartedly) that you had to be a total idiot to bash up your TV or yourself with a video game controller. Well, that just doesn't seem like the case, unless you want to argue that humans are innately stupid. (Over here, the jury's still out on that one.) The latest news outlet to pick up on Wii disasters is Yahoo. Even the normally celebrity-gossip-focused Best Week Ever is on it. And in case you haven't seen it yet, there's a whole Web site, Wii Have A Problem, devoted to the phenomenon.

I think it's safe to say that the potential for Wii mishaps is now a fully documented phenomenon. We probably no longer need public service announcements whenever someone accidentally flings a Wiimote at his frat brother. But if something really awesome happens, like if Steve Wozniak figures out how to play Wii polo on a Segway. That's a disaster in and of itself.

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Companies are so slow
by fun2program8 December 1, 2006 4:26 PM PST
Companies take forever to recognize the failures in their products (or at least say they do) and then longer to release a fix. Well, OK, so maybe I'm generalizing, but when I go to buy a Wii when I have the bucks, I don't want to get a faulty one. It feels so Microsoft - won't release a fix 'till it is announced and talked about.
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Fake, fake, fake
by Bonkboy90 December 21, 2006 8:54 AM PST
You do know that at most of those sites like at Wiihaveaproblem.com, the stories are made up. People fake their pictures and stories to get some popularity or to make Nintendo look bad. What's sad is that the people at CNET are falling for those fake stories.
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