Comments on: Winston Salem Fitness: Are Wii Kidding Ourselves?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:50:22 +0000

i only have two things to say about this article:

AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

FAIL!

By: Fitness-Trainer verlangt Gesundheitshinweis aus Wii Fit-Packungen - GamesDienst

Fitness-Trainer verlangt Gesundheitshinweis aus Wii Fit-Packungen - GamesDienst — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:27:11 +0000

[...] gegen Fettleibigkeit hilft”, allerdings den Anschein erwecke genau dies zu tun. GamePolitics, Winston Salem Fitness, gulli.com Thomas Gigold Tags: keine vorhanden 08.07.2009, 09:26 [...]

By: Fitness blogger: Game makers need to slap obesity warnings on their products | Sarcastic Gamer

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:32:13 +0000

[...] in point, Winston Salem Fitness, a blog that recently posted an entry suggesting that Wii Fit – gasp – probably won’t remove excess amounts of jelly [...]

By: g543433@bsnow.net

g543433@bsnow.net — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:49:18 +0000

So now it should be the responsibility of the game manufacturers to TELL YOU to get exercise? What kind of cunt needs to be told that sitting in front of a video game every day will result in obesity and loss of stamina? Should be also put a disclaimer on the front of every television warning you that if you sit here too long, you will start eating mcdonalds every day, alienate yourself from your friends and will no longer be able to see your tiny dick over your exploding midsection? FUCK YOU. I’m sick of everyone needing their hand held when they have to make a decision. How about this? Play the wii every day, don’t go outside, dont make any friends, and HOPEFULLY, you will never have the opportunity to procreate, so WE don’t have to risk more stupid cunts like you getting into the gene pool. How does that sound? Fuck yourself and your stupid, irrelevant article.

By: Ocified-Xbox'er

Ocified-Xbox'er — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:30:50 +0000

I wasn’t aware that there were people that were eating the games and the boxes they come in…That would surely cause both kids and adults to turn into fatties…And it may kill them too, so maybe that should also be part of the warning label. Put like a skull and crossbones and say “If you digest the plastics that are contained in the package, you will either turn into a blimp and/or die”.

When I was a kid, I wasn’t allowed to just lay around and play games all day, nor did I want to. I played them when it was either too nasty out to play, or when I came in after doing things like playing outside. Why is it incumbant on everything to warn parents about having common sense? Maybe along with the game manual, you can have the manufacturers also stick nutritional information in there, and a age/weight/height chart too…Because THAT HAS TO BE THE PROBLEM…It isn’t the parents fault, it just has to be someone elses fault for their fat kids.

By: Matt Sarrel

Matt Sarrel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:43:46 +0000

I posted a short response to this article on my blog here http://games.mattsarrel.com/2009/07/wii_crap.html

It’s sort of the gamers take on the fitness expert’s take on games. I actually think this is a very good review of Wii Fit except for the garbage at the end about obesity warnings.

If you follow the logic presented here, every aspect of modern society such as cars, chairs, beds, computers, should all have obesity warnings.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:03:18 +0000

I’d agree with the majority of this, I’ve recently posted about 18 hours of Wii Fit in a year won’t get anyone fit (from Nintendo Channel stats)… but I would hope the “warning stickers” you are proposing are removable, my kids and I play the real games with Gamercize kit that punches well above Wii Fit exertion levels.

My only complaint to the VG industry is a growing trend away from split screen for 360 and PS3 titles… that’s a failing in family socialization that you don’t get with Nintendo!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:02:45 +0000

Great points. Thank you for pointing that out. The economy is bad, and yet worldwide people have now spent nearly $2 billion on Wii (source). Wouldn't it be nice if some of that money was spent addressing the second issue you point out. All the best, JB

By: KaibaChaos

KaibaChaos — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:19:06 +0000

Warning, do not read this post. It could make you obese.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:12:26 +0000

i lost 30 kilos using wii fit after gaining them post surgery.

by the way after i got into fitness following the wii fit usage i learnt that athlets bust their health for increased performence and that a marathoneer lifestyle is not healthy.

put a warnning labels on gyms and protein shakes eh…