Now that my Civil Procedure exam is behind me, I have one more exam to go: criminal law. I studied for a few hours yesterday, and will do so again today, hopefully with a few people this evening to clear up anything vague.
On a totally separate matter...
The Wii, nintendo's new gaming console where users actively move the game control to simulate sports movements might be a little dangerous. In late november, when holly and I first saw the unit demonstrated in the video at best buy, I said, "someone's going to get hurt with that." and I've been steadily sending holly emails about all the things damaged by the remote control which started with a television screen that "caught" a wii controller. The controllers come with a wrist strap to avoid accidentally throwing the controller (about the size of a tv remote control). There have even been enough complaints of the wrist straps breaking that nintendo initiated a recall to replace the wrist straps with a stronger, more durable strap. My first thought I said to holly, standing at the store, was that I could easily imagine grandma, sitting and knitting on the recliner, getting smacked in the head with a controller while little billy played tennis, a hard lob rebound, or something.
Yesterday, after a lunch of lamb kabobs near rockville, md, holly and I walked into a gaming store that charged by the hour for kids to play computer games, consoles, etc, and stood watching an eight year old (maybe 6 or 7), playing a bowling game with a wii and the funky, in-air controller. Within 90 seconds of watching, the wii controller was doing a fast 7 foot tall, 10 foot long arc away from the boy, luckily not hitting anyone.
Now there is a post on engaget that collects reports of wii injuries, and an entire website too. How fun is that!
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