Breaking News: I Hate the Human Race.

Opening weekend. $ 19.2 million. # 1 at the box office.

What is WRONG with people?

More “Wee for a Wii” Woes

Were you aware that drinking too much water can kill you? A lot of you probably weren’t before the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” fiassco went down. But according to the lawyer representing the family in the wrongful death suit, the DJs not only knew about the dangers beforehand, they freely admitted it on the air and ignored the victim’s obvious symptoms.

On January 12, a 28-year-old mother of three participated in a radio station contest for a Nintendo Wii console, competing against 18 others to see who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom. Hours later, she died after ingesting two gallons of water.

The radio station (KDND-FM, Sacramento CA) fired 10 employees after the incident, including the DJs on the “Morning Rave” program. Now the family of the victim is suing the radio station in a wrongful death suit.

According to the attorney representing the family (no, not THAT attorney, shockingly) the DJs admitted on the air that the contest was dangerous, particularly when a caller claiming to be a nurse called in to warn them.
ABC Action News (and several other sources) provides the quote:

“Yeah, we’re aware of that,” one of the DJs responded to the caller’s warning, the lawsuit said.

Another DJ said with laugh: “Yeah, they signed releases, so we’re not responsible. We’re OK.”

The family, and attorney Roger Dreyer, says no such release was signed, at least not the kind that would shield the station from responsibility.

Rumored: Nintendo Replaces Wii Wrist Straps… Again.

There’s no such thing as being too careful. According to GameSpot News, a yet-to-be-confirmed rumor is flying around the Internet that Nintendo is releasing yet another replacement strap for the Wiimote.

Ever since the recall of faulty straps in late December ‘06, I haven’t heard any other reports of broken electronic equipment, punctured walls or potentially fatal injuries. But if the rumor is true, then Nintendo really is looking out for us accident-prone manchildren. After all, you can’t purchase more Wiipoints or consoles if you’re dead.

Outspoken Lawyer Burns Bridges, Says Utah Attorney General Must Go

What’s that? Everyone’s favorite anti-game activist is causing a ruckus somewhere? Must be Tuesday.

For the last couple of weeks, Gamepolitics.com has been covering an ongoing story involving infamous Miami attorney/tinhorn superhero Jack Thompson and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. Johnny penned another one of his ‘unbeatable’ video game bills that seek legal penalties for selling M-rated games to minors. Shurtleff informed the state legislature that such a bill would be unconstitutional, and it was pulled from consideration. Typical of Thompson, he has responded with lots of angry letters and ad hominem attacks. Now he’s calling for the Attorney General’s impeachment.

In the eyes of Thompson, he is right and anyone who disagrees with him is wrong and deserves punishment. GP was kind enough to post an angry and fuming letter that Jack wrote to Utah Speaker of the House Greg J. Curtis (which I won’t quote here, due to that being Dennis McCauley’s property and not mine). Check out the link above and read the letter for yourself.

And somebody get Jack a bottle of asprin, stat. The poor guy’s heart surely can’t take much more of this.

Lonely Blogger Has Low Expectations for Upcoming Parody Franchise Installment

Call me old fashioned, call me humorless. I don’t care. But for the life of me, I can’t understand why they keep making these godawful ‘films’.

Oh, wait, yes I can. It’s because they rake in millions of dollars at the box office. And when people pay that much money to sit and watch familiar scenes get ‘enhanced’ with grossout comedy gags, that’s a general indication of what our population finds funny, right? It’s only common to keep cranking out these assembly line products and feeding them to the masses.

So go ahead. Plop down eight bucks and encourage Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg to keep writing and directing these ‘hilarious’ PG-13 tributes. Then look forward to Scary Movie 5 in 2008, along with the inevitable Sci-Fi Movie, Drama Movie, Porno Movie (also PG-13) War Movie, Black Comedy Movie, Foreign Movie, Religious Movie, Cross-Dressing Comedy Movie, Fish-Out-of-Water Movie and Not Another Movie Movie.

Playstation 3 Now Everywhere, Ars Technica Reports

Remember a few months ago, when the only way to get a PS3 under the Christmas tree was by forking over a couple grand to an eBay scalper? Or, you know, killing a guy?

It seems that time has passed, according to Ars Technica. Now that the holiday season is over, the once heavily sought after PS3 (geez, gun violence people!?) can be found pretty much everywhere. Stock continues piling up in stores as distgruntled auctioneers return their unsold products, and the Wii sells like crazy.

The plight of the PS3 continues, but there’s still plenty of time left for it to catch up. Though some decent games and a softer price tag could certainly help matters.

TiVo Alert: Cyber Seduction

The most notorious bad movie of the Internet generation, Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, is re-airing 9 PM Friday on the Lifetime Channel. For those of you who haven’t seen it, here’s your chance to catch this misguided propaganda flick.