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WiiHelms Go on Sale

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-very-advanced dept.

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."

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  1. Doh! by kd5ujz · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

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  2. safety by Hennell · · Score: 3, Funny

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

    1. Re:safety by HexRei · · Score: 3, Funny

      just remember to wear the adjustable sliding-knot neckstrap!

  3. How absurd by linvir · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Re: Piranhaz with frickin' laser beams?? by Alwin+Henseler · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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

  5. well... by Kryptonian+Jor-El · · Score: 3, Funny

    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...

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  6. 8 Bit-Tie by PixelSmack · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    1. Re:8 Bit-Tie by lavid · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.

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    2. Re:8 Bit-Tie by DarkOx · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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    3. Re:8 Bit-Tie by hggs · · Score: 3, Insightful

      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.

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    4. Re:8 Bit-Tie by MeanMF · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Sign me up for a preorder!

    5. Re:8 Bit-Tie by loconet · · Score: 3, Informative

      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"

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  7. Helmut comes with free game . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Comes with the blockbuster hit, OMG PONIES!!!!!!!!!!!1

  8. 30,000 Microsofties go to work for Nintendo by DECS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft Performs Illegal Operation, Shuts Down

    Microsoft Corp. issued a surprise press release this morning announcing that the company had "performed an illegal operation and would be shut down." Company executives refused to provide further information regarding the cause of the unexpected shutdown, only issuing a cryptic error number of $00038FF577 and advising all interested parties to "contact their system administrator."