The Healing Power of Wii
(Does that title sound dirty to you? I just can’t even tell any more). Here’s a news item you won’t see on Fox News?the AP reports that many doctors are turning to the Nintendo Wii to help physical rehabilitation of patients suffering from strokes, combat injuries and more. Exercise both sucks and is immensely boring in general, and when you have to concentrate on a singular repetitive movement to get your arm moving properly again, the tedium is incredibly awful. Happily, the Wii and its games give patients a reason to move and a goal, which makes the whole process more enjoyable. You can read the full report by Lindsey Tanner on Wired, although be warned, as the story does include the word “wiihabilitation.”
Hey, Fox News?if you want an angle for this story, I hear that what the patients are playing is virtual fucking, using the phallic Wii remote in incredibly obscene ways. Don’t forget to credit me!
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.