Wii was asking for trouble with the Wii Fit, and now they've found
it. The Washington Times reports on a recent abundance
of Wii-related injuries: everything from wrist sprains to brain bleeds.
It's not a pretty picture."People just think, 'It's a video game, it's not gong to hurt me,'" says a medical director at Washington Hospital Center.
I beg to differ. Experienced gamers have been warning us about this phenomenon for decades, even before Wii was invented: video games exercise your thumbs. Those veteran nerds who stretch their thumbs before and after each Halo marathon will soon be joined by legions of shame-faced nouveau-gamer Wii Fitters.
Up next from Nintendo? Wii Physical Therapist.
