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1up's top 10 WTF moments of 06
1up has put together a list of what they consider to be the craziest moments for gaming in 2006. Three of the ten choices are Nintendo related. I will post one of them below, you’ll have to click over for the other two.
4. Wrist Straps Recalled
We’ve been throwing game controllers since about two seconds after we first got our hands on one, but for some reason slippery idiots flinging Wiimotes through their plasma screens became one of the big stories of the holiday season. To hear mainstream news reports, delivered with the kind of gravity that should be reserved for an Ebola outbreak, Wii controllers are part of an insidious oriental plot to murder your children with toys. One Fox outlet even included some images from our Wiinjuries feature, noting that they were “apparently” a parody. If these guys pass for journalists then I hereby abdicate any claim to the title. “Some asshole who plays videogames and writes about it” carries a lot more respectability at this point.