Reports of Execrise Guru's Suit vs. Nintendo Seem Premature

Nintendo should sue this guy for wasting their time dealing with an asshole.

When Jack Thompson runs his mouth, does anyone really care what he has to say anymore?

I blame school for kids shying away from sports. From my experience, gym became more of a way to show off your ego. Once we suppress that, we will see a big difference. Teachers were too often ignore the bullying that happens in gym. It's like they are waiting to be told the problem instead of just looking what is in front of them.

Also, why can't we do more real sports? Kicking a ball around is much more fun then running in circles, and still get as much, if not, more exercise. Introduce more  differenet kinds of sports. I wasn't really into much sports, and I went through quite a bit. But now I found Rugby, and love it.

Then we could have programs for kids to play set-up sports on their local fields. Instead of using money on awareness on the problems we have, advertise what solutions we have. Encourage parents to bring there kids to these events.

There is a lot we can do, but if we are stuck on the problem, we will never make it to the solution.

"[...]they are sustaining injuries in their knees, back and wrists because of overuse and improper warm-up..."

Overuse of Improper real-life exercise may, and often does, hurt a lot more than an ass cramp or a sore wrist. Who do I have to sue now? This guy?

That'll teach Nintendo and any other gaming company.  Don't try anything new or innovative.

Either he is just using the Wii's success to get publicity OR he is one of those insecure "fitness gurus". 

I've met my fair share of so-called personal trainers and martial arts teachers who are all about stroking their egos by mocking their students/clients' lack of physical fortitude.  Usually, they do it out of personal insecurity (usually shortness).

I 've never heard Nintendo once say that the Wii is an alternative to physical exercise...

I especially love that one :

"Through slick advertising campaigns and product placements on popular television shows, children and adults are being brainwashed that Wii games are safe and effective ways to become physically fit.

"On the contrary, Nintendo is contributing to the epidemic of obesity. Young and old are putting away their gym clothes and shying away from going outdoors to play sports, because the addictive appeal to the Wii game products. Just as the tobacco companies created such a false image of their products and hid the potential dangers, so is Nintendo," says Torchia."

Note that Newsblaze already ran a story about this last month, written by Michael Torchia himself : http://newsblaze.com/story/20090122080312zzzz.nb/topstory.html

"The Nintendo game design team wasn't content to just let us sit around and play video games on the couch. Instead they had to invent a gaming system that makes us actually get up off the couch and move around, thus exposing just how out of shape we've become as a society. Well guess what? Most people still sit on the couch and play the games because they are Realii lazy!"