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Wii Fit And Wii Sports Exercise Weighed And Measured
4:20AM Mike Fahey | A new study has determined which Wii Fit and Wii Sports activities actually qualify as moderate intensity exercise, as defined by the American Heart Association. Are you actually exercising? More »
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Kaiser Permanente Has Wii Sports On Its Mind
5:00AM Mike Fahey | What better way for insurance company Kaiser Permanente to promote a healthy lifestyle than strapping television monitors playing Wii Sports to the heads of its marketing team? More »
Culture
OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We’re Calling Not Fake.
10:30AM Owen Good | That infamous “Mama!!!” video where the Wiimote destroys the flat-screen has been endlessly debated: staged or real? In this, it’s safe to assume the Home Shopping Network did not intend to smash its own TV showing off Wii Tennis. More »
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How Many Hours People Play Sports Games On Wii (Go, Madden)
5:00AM Stephen Totilo | People buy sports on the Wii, the only console currently bundled with a sports-based video game. But how much do they play these things? And how do the Maddens, the fishing games and the mighty Wii Fit rate? More »
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Newt Gingrich Needs Tips On Wii Sports
3:00AM Owen Good | Newt Gingrich, putative presidential candidate (and in his party, who isn’t?) is getting his arse handed to him by a 7-year-old in Wii bowling and has asked for your help, More »
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New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Kyoto-based Nintendo Co., Ltd. has released sales data for its biggest selling titles during the April – June 2009 quarter. Let’s have a look. More »
Culture
Wii Bowling Leagues Taking Over Chicago
2:40AM Brian Crecente | Wii bowling has been all the rage at retirement homes pretty much since the Wii started selling with Wii Sports packed in, which was day one. More »
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Study Touts Calorie-Burn Benefits Of Exergaming
4:30AM Owen Good | A study published online by the journal Pediatrics finds that exergaming -in this case DDR and Wii Sports’ bowling and boxing – provide as much or more activity than a brisk or intense walking pace. More »
Features
33 Months Of Motion Control, The Wii’s Hidden Struggle
4:00AM Stephen Totilo | The Wii Revolution has succeeded. Everyone knows this. What was once doubted and mocked now dominates and broadly entertains. But during the last 33 months of Wii success, a secret and newly relevant struggle has been hidden in plain sight. More »
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