The Hazards Of Modern Life
Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best
Excitable boy, they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boyHe took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
(Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy)
It is getting more and more difficult to navigate the hazards of modern life these days. Even the newest video game craze has an unexpected pitfall. Take Nintendo's new Wii.
Players who get too excited can smash their televisions.
TOKYO (AFP) - Nintendo warned players of its new Wii video game console not to get too carried away when swinging the controller as they could accidently (sic) throw it into their television sets.
The warning follows reports that some users have cracked their TV screens when swinging the controller particularly hard to simulate the pitching of a baseball or the swinging of a tennis racket, after their wrist straps snapped.
"Of course before the launch of the Wii hardware Nintendo had a number of tests on the durability of everything including the strap," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told reporters.
"But our understanding right now is that even beyond our expectations people are becoming more and more excited playing with the Wii," he added.
Nintendo, which launched the Wii in the United States last month and in Japan on Saturday, has been getting rave reviews for its new controller and games that shy away from blood-and-guts action.
But the Kyoto-based company said that some users might be getting too excited.
"We are encouraging people to understand that you really don't have to be so excited but rather you need to understand the control and then you're going to be the best player," said Nintendo senior managing director Shigeru Miyamoto.
Isn't modern life grand?
Geek Stuff, World news | Gaius Thursday, 7 December , 2006
By Blackhawk, Thursday, 7 December , 2006 @ 8:19 pm
Elvis would approve.