Full FeedBlack Friday 2008 Uber Deal: eCost selling one Wii per hour for $99 (updated)
Yeah, you read that headline right. Discount electronics site eCost has an awesome Black Friday offer appropriately named the Outrageous Offer. According to the graphic, the site will be offering one Wii each hour for US$99 starting at 8:00 a.m. (EST), November 28, 2008. The Wii comes with Wii Sports,… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: NHL 2K9 for Wii
Title: NHL 2K9 (aka NHL 2009) System: Nintendo Wii Release Date: September 8, 2008 Publisher (Developer): 2K Sports (Visual Concepts Studios) ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ Pros: Solid hockey action. Intuitive controls. Fun fighting system. Cons: Hazy graphics. Occasional frame rate drops. Horrible menu system. Horrible manual. Overall Score: One thumb… Continue Reading »
Gettin’ your game on, granny-style
Who says your too old for video games? Not the residents of Morningside assisted living community in Hopkinsville, KY (USA). They enjoy getting up in the morning to join their fellow seniors in a nice frame of Wii Bowling . They even create their own Mii avatars to personalize their… Continue Reading »
An open letter to Nintendo about Wii Sports Bowling
Domo Arigato Nintendo, I want to personally thank you for your ingenious Wii game console. I recently purchased one for my family and wanted to provide you with the feedback only the proud Dad of a 5-year-old can give. #$%$% you. Let me describe for you the feeling of being… Continue Reading »
Hands on with ezGear’s Wii Boxing Gloves
Although I have to applaud ezGear for making Wii accessories that bring more realism to the game, the company’s attempt to make boxing gloves for Wii Sports Boxing is not successful. I had a chance to try Wii Boxing Gloves first-hand (literally) and noticed major flaws in the product. ezGear’s… Continue Reading »
Talk nerdy to me this Valentine’s Day
Love - a four letter word that inspires kinship, hope and joy. Nerd - another four letter word that was once a derogatory connotation for those intellectual individuals who may not have the skills of an athlete but could run circles around them in equations and computer knowledge. Those are… Continue Reading »
Auction Watch: $5 Super Mario Galaxy
There’s a great deal at the ShopGoodwill.com auctions for owners of a Wii who haven’t had a chance to pick up Super Mario Galaxy. A recent auction features a bundle that includes a nearly mint condition copy Super Mario Galaxy, a factory sealed copy of Wii Sports and two wiimotes.… Continue Reading »
84-year woman crowned community Wii bowling champion
There are very few sporting events where one gets to see a man and a woman lock horns, and still fewer if both of them are nearly 80 years old. But this is what happened when Nancy Davies, an 84-year-old woman, took on Hal Winters, 79, in the grand finale… Continue Reading »
Study: Wii not a fitness machine after all
There seems to be a general perception that the motion-registering Wii is a prime fitness device, with gamers being more physically involved in a Wii title as compared to other game platforms. But according to BBC News, experts in the UK don’t think too highly of the Wii as a… Continue Reading »
Stroke patient recovers using Wii
A stroke victim in Minneapolis is using a Wii as therapy to recover and regain his strength. Jerry Pope, a 77 year old tennis player, suffered a stroke in June that paralyzed his right side. According to his wife he couldn’t even stand up but now, along with other patients,… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Black Friday 2009
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