Wii Video Games Blamed For Rise In Effeminate Violence
Monday, March 17th, 2008 at 10:55am by David
Mayor “Mumbles” Menino may be on to something after all.
Reported by the Onion:
The Wii, now the most popular gaming system in the country, most recently came under fire last month, when 15-year-old Los Angeles student Brian Strickland, who reportedly plays Wii Sports tennis, was expelled for flicking his wrist back and forth at a fellow sophomore’s head. And in January, 12-year-old Boulder, CO native Andrew Conner, a fan of the WarioWare: Smooth Moves game, was hospitalized after swinging his arm like an elephant trunk into members of the eighth-grade boys basketball team.
Have you noticed any change in children you know? Has Wii made you yourself more susceptible to fits of effeminate violence?
[Thanks, Dr. Blood!]
March 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Gotta love The Onion.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
People do think I’m gay when they see me throw my ball in Wii Bowling… I get THAT involved!
March 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Hey Dave i have a feeling you listen to WRKO
March 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I went to a Wii Sports party the other day and all I got was a strawberry daiquiri and an incredible pair of shoes!
March 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Wii causes violence. Or it could just be horseplay, the very thing kids have always done since the dawn of man.
March 17th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Who ever get hurt playing to Wii is dumb.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
“hospitalized for swinging his arm like an elephant trunk” dude number one why was he hospitalized? was it after the basketball team kicked his ass for walking around like an elephant in 8th grade. number two who gets expelled for flicking their wrists? what kind of world are we living? this is crazy…
March 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I Know
March 19th, 2008 at 11:42 am
@ actraiser
Either you are using a ton of dry sarcasm, or you should know that this is a fake news story thats what the onion does.
However i agree in principle with what your saying, things are getting crazy
March 19th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I got violent after I played The Godfather. I punched a guy in the jaw, several times and really fast, just like when you try to extract money from those shop-owners. I was also drunk. So, maybe me being drunk was the cause? It ended up with me selling The Godfather and avoiding violent games. Well, gonna buy No More Heroes as the violence in the game is with a sword and I don’t own a sword, so no fear of me slashing around with a sword after I play NMH.