Over on my “short post” blog today I linked a story about the gift President Obama gave to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown–25 of the awesomest DVDs this country has to offer. I mean, how cool is that? I wanted that for Christmas, but I don’t have any friends or relatives ...

I originally didn’t consider purchasing a Wii Fit. The games looked way too simple for me to enjoy. We’re in an age of complex video games that require thousands of buttons to have fun. Skiing downhill? What kind of fun would that be for a video game. I purchased one though after my girfriend to...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) Okay, video-game sales stats are out for the month of January. Please tell me there are some exciting changes in the ranking in terms of which gaming console dominated the charts in the U.S. Please tell...

According to Wii Fit I am 12st and hence my BMI is 24. That is the most I've ever weighed so my goal is to drop down to 11st and the allegedly ideal BMI of 22. Nicky's BMI is 22 which I scoffed disbelievingly at. However, just when she was getting cocky her Wii Fit age turned out to be 44. Brilliant...

In the past two years, Australians have purchased over 2,000,000 new gaming units - either hand-held or home-based consoles - meaning that at least 10 per cent of our population can be considered gamers. Current Australian sales figures list the Nintendo Wii as the highest-selling home console of &#...

Vanity, thy name is gym queen. We consider it an entertaining fact of life that in the 21st century, men have become as body-obsessed as women used to be. After all, why should they get all the body dsymorphia fun? In our pursuit for washboard abs and superhero pecs, we're just as susceptible t...

Strength Training on the Wii Fit I got a Wii Fit for Christmas and was super excited. Not only do I love the idea of having an easy, indoor exercise solution during the cold days of winter, but as a geek there was just something beautiful about the idea of my video game system doubling as my exercis...

So today Joe went shopping and happened to find a Wii Fit in stock.  I'm so excited.  I set it up as soon as I got home from work and have already tried it out.  It's so much fun.   I really think this could work for me.  Here's to exercise that's fun.  ^_^ Al...

Song Lyric of the Day: Will you find a time / When you're not online / Standing all alone / Where's your real friends now? / You have let them down / You're a download pal Does It Offend You, Yeah? / “ We Are Rockstars � The bright, shiny new year deserves an update, don’t you think? Okay, the...

I’m a big fan of many of the Wii games, especially Wii Sports and the Wii Carnival Games. We’ve actually had friends over and had a blast with both children and adults playing the Wii games. But my new favorite is the Wii Fit. We got lucky and got a Wii Fit shortly before Christmas when ...