Clammy hands? Use the Wiimote Skid-Proof Gloves!

Posted Nov 24, 2006 at 9:09PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: Wiimote
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because your hands are too delicate to hold a Wiimote.By one of the Laws of Economics that loosely translates to "If you build it, they WILL come," it was bound to happen. Especially after this incident, and this incident, and this incident caught on tape, all which involve one or more of the following:
  • weak Wiimote straps,
  • sweaty palms,
  • overacting Wii players,
  • a Wiimote flying through the air, and
  • usually something or someone very valuable in or near the flight path, like a 60" projection TV, a laptop screen, a plasma TV, or God forbid, Mandy Moore (because this writer will never forgive anyone who manages to throw a Wiimote at Mandy Moore).
The Skid-Proof Glove for the Wiimote, a third party product sold through Superufo.com for US$ 7.55 (shipping and handling probably not included). Yeah, Kotaku points out that you could just probably recycle an old racquetball glove instead, and we have the sneaky suspicion that the "third party manufacturer" is really a racquetball glove manufacturer that saw all those flying Wiimotes and *DING* the light bulb goes off in his head.

Don't say it. We all know that you CAN play with the Wiimote on the couch or the La-Z-Boy, using only wrist movements rather than work your entire body out. But there will be people who love to literally throw themselves into the game, and admit it: even when you play with regular, current-gen controllers, your hands get all sweaty from the intensity, too. When you inject passion into video games, anything can happen.

Accidentally throwing a Wiimote is a crime of passion indeed, but when it hits a living, breathing, suing person, you might just wake up next to Jack Thompson, 'ya hear? The glove isn't exactly a mandatory safety device, but try telling that to a broken plasma TV after an intense Red Steel fight. Just see if you can recycle an old sports glove first, instead of ponying up eight dollars for a hyped-up racquetball glove. And keep that grip firm and tight, glove or not.

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by WraithLeader - 2006-11-24 16:35
» Does anyone else think...

...that Nintendo just stole Mickey Mouse's gloves!?

by Gambit - 2006-11-24 18:53
» WOW!

Lol! Now I want a Wii even more. This complete me looking like a total Duchebag.

by deadpixel - 2006-11-24 20:53
» Mandy..

Moore what a geek

by Shrink - 2006-11-24 22:45
» A-HA!

I wouldn't be surprised if the people who put the videos and pictures of people destroying their TVs on the net were the people who sell this crap now.

by overlord - 2006-11-25 09:14
» ehh

my sister went to st.andrews privet school in orlando florida she wasint a geek but a huge ***** just thought i should let u know +D

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