WiiHelms Go on Sale

SlashRating^© $slashrating slashdottit! ^tm eldavojohn writes "ThinkGeek (Owned by same parent corporation as Slashdot) has recently started selling WiiHelms which allows the user to effortlessly play the Wii without tirelessly moving their arms around. An added foot pedal controls the A, B button pushing to minimize activity. According to the article, "After extensive scientific study it was found that manipulating muscles in your neck for 10 minutes uses 64% less energy than waving your arms about like a lunatic." Indeed, after watching the demonstration video, I myself will order four or five — I'm sick of flailing my arms around like a chump. Don't forget to check out ThinkGeek's other offerings today including inhalable caffeine sticks, the 8-bit tie and the most amazing T-shirt ever."

Comments

Doh!

[kd5ujz]

I wake up with a raging hangover to see this.
First thing that came to mind was "what will these lazy motherfuckers come up with next", then I remembered to check the date. Doh!

safety

[Hennell]

But are the helmets tested or will they fly off and break your tvs?

Re:safety

[HexRei]

just remember to wear the adjustable sliding-knot neckstrap!

How absurd

[linvir]

This idea is doomed to fail from the beginning. What a fucking crock. For one, the entire point of the Nintendo Wii is that you move your arms around. The entire point. It's intended for grannies and moms who wouldn't normally be interested, so they pick up the remote and it's just like controlling the television for them. How anybody can not get this is just beyond me. And secondly, all this overuse of neck muscles is going to lead to two things: sore necks and lawsuits. That's right, these chumps are going to get their asses handed to them in court when this thing hits the mass market.

It's not even as if this hasn't happened before! Anybody remember the Nintendo VirtualBoy? That VR piece of shit that killed a couple of people and left about a dozen blind in one eye? It was the same thing with that: it was going to make it easier to control games, just by creating some stupid helmet. My brother actually got one of those for Christmas the year they came out. Of course, he was really stoked when he saw it, because hey, VIRTUAL REALITY and all that. So he rips the box apart, quickly figures out how to put it on and get it working, and there, he's off. He was just starting to play, when suddenly to my surprise he did the mash. He did the monster mash. The monster mash. It was a graveyard smash. He did the mash. It caught on in a flash. The monster mash. He did the monster mash.

Re:How absurd

[Virak]

Hahaha oh wow.

Funniest post I've seen today.

Yay

[Colin Smith]

Geeks will again be able to play games without losing weight or gaining muscle tone. The geek world has been saved.

Re: Piranhaz with frickin' laser beams??

[Alwin Henseler]

Remember: You'll actually get Sharks with frickin' laser beams when you order those

Also remember: the delivery address need not be your own...

well...

[Kryptonian Jor-El]

Let me be the first to say that this thing is a bitch to try to play Zelda with...

who cares about wiimote straps breaking when you could get whiplash trying to perform a helm splitter...

8 Bit-Tie

[PixelSmack]

Ok how many people actually want one of those.... so just me then...

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[lavid]

I was about to ask if my roommate and I were the only ones. Guess not. It would go well with a "know your roots" shirt or something.

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[DarkOx]

I saw the 8-bit tie, I sure wish that was real. I think it would be lots of fun at LAN parties.

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[hggs]

Hell, I want one of those 8-bit ties just to show 'em off to my other geek friends, even if they are clip-ons.

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[MeanMF]

Sign me up for a preorder!

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[autocracy]

Yeah, this would totally sell if they actually made it. I like the "1982" availability date.

Re:8 Bit-Tie

[loconet]

It's not just you. As a matter a fact, so many people actually liked the idea that after hundreds of e-mails, Thinkgeek has decided to start making them.

From the site:

"Hey! You! Quit emailing us to make this for REAL already ;) We promise, we'll make it. In fact we are already working on it. You've just forced our hand! Click the 'email me when available' link above to get notified! Thanks! I guess the joke is on us this year :p"

Helmut comes with free game . . .

[cashman73]

Comes with the blockbuster hit, OMG PONIES!!!!!!!!!!!1

A WiiHelm? What a scream...

[mccalli]

C'mon people, no-one picked up on the reference yet...?

Cheers,
Ian

Even better idea

[saibot834]

I've got a brilliant idea! Why not just use a mouse and a keyboard! That way you could move even less...oh wait...

The only video you need for this story:

[Spazntwich]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

30,000 Microsofties go to work for Nintendo

[DECS]

Microsoft Performs Illegal Operation, Shuts Down

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Re:elk

[Dripdry]

I should be modded Insightful for no reason whatsoever. Oddly enough, the word I just put to post this was "baseless"

Alarm Clock

[levell]

I could take or leave the tie but if they made an actual version of that alarm clock that donated money to an organisation of your choosing if you snoozed I'd consider getting one. (Only if I thought it was secure etc...but still - it would be cool)

Re:Alarm Clock

[UTPinky]

Who cares if its insecure. That's just more of an incentive not to snooze.

Head movements are dangerous

[unity100]

Brain is not a muscle. Nor it is tightly fixed to the skull.

It floats in a fluid in the skull, the attachment it has to the skull are through tiny veins.

if you use your head to move something in a continuous way, you will be shaking your brain in the skull fluid like in a glass of water. in the long run it will make nausea. in the worst run, tiny veins will pop, causing headache, or in extreme cases more serious results.

whereas making instant movements with the head is much more dangerous, it instantly pops your tiny veins.

use your arms. you need the exercise.