Wii Bonk
I’m old enough to remember Pong and Space Invaders when you had nothing more than a few buttons to press to achieve the excitement that lead to small blisters on my fingers. As I grew up, I hid myself away in my room to play Hungry Horrace, Manic Miner and grew up to master Sonic, that stupid dolphin Echo (I still don’t get the point of that game), and I even got a bit more animated with the disco dance mat games (try playing it on a ferry on choppy waters!).
So I like computer games; to the point that I was banned one Christmas as I completed one before Boxing Day was out. But now bad times are upon us… as I look at getting myself a new console I learn that the Nintendo Wii is fighting back - literally and taking animation to a new level!
In the quiet town of Hilton Head (South Carolina), little cousin Abby had been transformed into a professional baseball player and was ready to take on her worthy digital opponent. In walks Jacob, aged 8, who wandered innocently into the line of fire just as Abby takes her swing! Poor Jacob lands himself a big red shiner right between the eyes!
And Jacob is not alone! Oh no! Take a look at this site that has been put together to address uprise in console:human damage! It’s not limited to body damage, we’ve got ‘furry damage’, ‘TV damage’, and ‘Wall damage’…
Kids today… in my day we had to white paddles with a dot… I’m not sure who’s luckier!