Jun 04
Wii Fit has made a lot of stir in the news lately – Here’s my recap: Continue reading »
May 21
You’re safe here, my precious.
I’ve had this day marked on the calendar in my phone for some time. The day the Wii Fit was to come into my life. I had the alarm set for 7am, as the ad in the paper clearly stated that a minimum of 16 would be available at my local Target at 8am. I rolled out of bed around 9 this morning and gasped. I had overslept! I envisioned the line curling around the building the way it did the day after Thanksgiving. Soccer moms and bratty kids who had taken the day off from school, dads, 20somethings like myself, and most of all, tons of nerds would be in that line. I thought for sure by the time I arrived around 9:15 they would have all been scooped up. I might catch an elbow to the face for the very last one…or give it. When I rounded the corner to the parking lot… Continue reading »
May 06
This is the message Amazon has posted on their product page regarding the insanely popular new game…. Continue reading »
Apr 25
IGN interviews James Mitchell, Esquire magazine’s fitness columnist, about his impressions of the Wii Fit. He gave a very optimistic view… saying that, of course, any exercise is better than nothing. However, he did find added value in the game… Continue reading »
Apr 22
Nintendo posted a new flash site to promote the Wii Fit game. You can watch trailers for the game, which show a few minutes of the game in use by a family who pretty much hate any color other than white…
Apr 16
Wii Fit is selling out in stores across Europe. It’s still available for pre-order in US stores, so you better act soon! I’ll try to get together a list of stores that have it available shortly…
Apr 15
This is a little bit of a shocker to me… Although I think Nintendo is falling right in line with everyone else in the fitness biz. Bottom line is, it’s not cheap to stay fit – something that i am reminded of every month my gym takes $50 out of my bank account. Cool thing is, the Wii Fit package is a one time cost – that’s assuming your lard butt doesn’t break the balance board after the first use… I keeeed I keeeed.
Oh… and I’ll probably still drop the $90.