Thinking about heading out for a walk, a run, or a trip to the gym for a workout to burn some calories? Instead of doing any of these tedious activities, wouldn’t you prefer sitting down (or standing), and playing video games? I sure know I would.

In the May edition of Wired they propose gaming instead of other forms of exercise – some of their comparisons are astounding.

My Nintendo Wii should be arriving very soon (I won it thanks to Uneasysilence a few weeks back). Will gaming replace conventional exercise for me? I don’t think so – but it’s sure cool to know when I’m gaming I’ll be exercising.

UPDATE: 10 Radio Station Employees Fired

We all know that the Nintendo Wii can be dangerous but, now it seems they are inadvertently killing people. On Saturday a woman was competing in a terrestrial radio station contest to see who could drink the most water without having to go to the bathroom in order to win a Nintendo Wii. The 28 year old woman wound up drinking so much water that she in fact died from water intoxication.

The contest held by KDND 107.9 was cleverly named “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” where contestants were handed eight-ounce bottles of water to drink every 15 minutes. The Howard Stern show has since reported that the KDND radio show has since been suspended because of the unfortunate death.

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As we have seen before playing Nintendo Wii can get a little intense. Now you can make sure that your Wii controller will stay firmly in your grip with the new Wii skid proof glove. No longer will you have to worry about throwing your remote through your TV, window, or your buddies face while playing an intense game of Wii Bowling.

Only days after the release of the new Nintendo Wii, the mother of a seven year old girl claims that while playing Wii Sports Bowling her daughters’ safety wrist strap broke. Upon breaking off her wrist the rogue controller flew straight into the television leaving it with quite the war wound. Who knows what really happened but I would not be surprised if this is possible. If not this time it will surely happen a few years from now when those straps get older, more brittle, and get chewed on by the family cat a few times.

I can not imagine that Nintendo did not thoroughly test their safety straps but, I wonder if they really abused the remotes like they should have. People are animals, you have to expect that people are going to play these things way too hard. A couple of guys drinking in a dorm room while playing a round of bowling could easily wind up firing a hole in their wall, one that they will no doubtedly spackle with some white toothpaste the next day.

When I said people waiting in line for the latest Playstation were smart because they could make a cool 10k off reselling it I wasn’t that far off. Here is a report of a Playstation 3 going for a cool 9k, and there are a lot more still up for auction going for much more than that. Aside from having to participate in violence and the downfall of mankind it seems like those who waited in line for days weren’t as dumb as others made them out to be.

This photo is flying around the net and I have seen it accompanied by nothing but geek bashing but, how dumb are these campers? I guess if you are sitting out for over a week just so you can be the first to play the new Sony Playstation 3 you need to chill out. If that is not the case and you are instead camping out so you can be the first to have the new PS3 to turn around and sell it for $10k to some deep pocketed spender then I would say you are a smart business man. I guess you have to ask yourself, how much is sitting around BestBuy for a few days worth to you?

If you still want the new PS3 but you’re not a big fan of spending or camping then head over to Amazon or Gamestop and sign up to be notified when online pre-ordering becomes available.