Comments on: Michael Torchia: Saving Fatties From Nintendo And Themselves

By: vigg

vigg — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:46:13 +0000

michael torchia is the biggest douchebag ever for suing nintendo over something that is true, (getting off your butt will make you lose weight).

By: Tracy Bowersox

Tracy Bowersox — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:00:18 +0000

Our warning-crazy society has to stop. The game in no way discouraging more physical activity. It rewards you for it. The game tells you go outside and get involved in other activities. How clearer do you want it? A sticker that says "no replacement for physical activity" would be ridiculous because, frankly it IS physical activity. It's perfectly valid. Also, we just need to shy away from our warning-label crazy tendencies. Clint made the best argument for that. Anybody claiming that the Wii is "addictive" has lost all credibility in that one statement. It's no more addictive than a good show or a pretty flower or anything else you enjoy. There is no medical addiction involved. The man is an ignorant, whiny, blowhard who sees the end of his profession is at hand. It's called technology.

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:35:40 +0000

Do you know how many ankle and leg injuries result from running? Easily several dozen per week! I'm not running until my feet come with proper warnings and instructions on them.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:07:57 +0000

Roxanne, yes, I read the full press release. What of it? Is a press release binding in court, or to his attorneys, who will expect to be paid from an award or settlement against Nintendo?

Why do you wish you'd thought of it first, by the way? Were you injured by a Wii Fit? If so, how did you injure yourself through a videogame? If your weight is your concern, it's not too late to start running.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:01:53 +0000

Isn't anyone else reading the full release? He isn't saying he is making money off this lawsuit, he is saying that he wants them to take it off the shelves until they put proper warnings on the box and give better instructions. Good for him! I only wish I had thought of this first!!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:07:30 +0000

Hold on a second, here. On the one hand the guy is suing because the Wii is insufficient to "replace actual physical activity," but on the other he is claiming that "up to ten people a week” are hospitalized due to inappropriate Wii exertions." So which is it? Does the Wii encourage under-exercising or over-exercising?

By: Brian Dunbar

Brian Dunbar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:17:29 +0000

I think Wii Fit is a hook to keep the Wii in the living room. Where the parents will pick up a Wii game and play it, instead of leaving it to be a child's toy.

I use it – or have been using it for the past month – as a goad to do something in the morning more active than getting out of bed and trudging to work.

Screw the fit guru. The guy sees a future where his job is automated out of existence.