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Watch Major League Pitcher Play Wii Fit

2:00PM AJ Glasser | Remember that baseball player who wanted to slim down his Mii and wound up losing 11kg in real life? The Wall Street Journal chronicled his success story in a video. More »
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Wii MotionPlus Is Wall Street Journal Approved

10:00AM AJ Glasser | You know you’ve got it made when even the Wall Street Journal wants a piece of your sweet, sweet motion controlled action. More »
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Escapism In The Time Of Layoffs

11:20AM AJ Glasser | The Wall Street Journal has a nice little article up about laid off employees getting into games and social media networks as a way to escape the grim reality that they’re out of a job. More »

Second Life Cheating Husband Surprised by Movie Deal

12:40AM Mike Fahey | The man at the heart of the Second Life story, which Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski seeks to turn into a movie, was caught off guard by news of the film adaptation. More »
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Wall Street Journal: Playing The Fool

6:30AM Jim Reilly | An article from the Wall Street Journal highlights some eyebrow-raising stories from the new book “The Race for a New Game Machine,” written by designers who worked closely on the Cell and 360 processors. More »

Pirates of the Caribbean Director Lands Rights To Second Life Film

4:00AM Brian Crecente | Filmmakers and novelists have a long history of plucking stories out of newspapers and turning them into something wonderful, or not. But this one of those cases. More »
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Wall Street Journal Chimes In On Wii Shortages

7:40AM Mark Wilson | The Wall Street Journal published an interesting piece on Wii shortages, you know, with all their fancy WSJ reporting. The overall consensus seems to be that you’re better not having enough product on the shelves than too much. We’re sure your minds are blown. From UCLA management professor Christopher Tang. Psychologically, it’s better if the customer is begging for the product. I’m sure Reggie would agree, as long as those excited customers stick around. Nintendo Plays It A Wii Bit Cautious [via maxconsole] More »