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07.14.2008 12:03 pm

Sony’s Stringer is unclear on the Wii concept

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mugshot of Howard Stringer, courtesy of SonySir Howard Stringer just doesn’t seem to get it.

You’d think the Sony CEO, or anybody in that job, is deftly perceptive of public interaction with the gaming-hardware market. After all, his company’s PlayStation 3 mostly-for-gaming console has been locked in a…

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06.15.2008 1:09 pm

Wii Fit Girl: The shape of things to come

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you haven’t seen the “Wii Fit Girl” twist her way to fame, you’re in the minority. As of Sunday morning, about 4 million e-video viewers have watched a Florida woman clad in striped underwear and a T-shirt play the hula…

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06.13.2008 12:07 pm

Gaming will boom as the economy swoons

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

While the nation sinks into economic recession, video game sales just keep booming.

And while that statement resembles a non sequitur, the reason for gaming’s great time in the face of despair is fairly obvious, at least to Game Guy.…

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05.26.2008 11:58 pm

Broad consumer appeal drives Wii Fit’s success

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The gaming world is changing direction, and “Wii Fit” has begun to lead the way.

After about a week of availability in the United States, Nintendo’s latest brainchild is, well, unavailable. Stores everywhere are sold out, and waiting lists are…

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05.18.2008 11:53 pm

Wii Fit: More fun than a barrel of Miis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WiiFit“Wii Fit”
Genre: Exergaming
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
Price: $90
ESRB rating: E (everyone)
Grade: A

Hard to believe, but right now, the most desired video game in the flabbiest nation on Earth is devoted to physical fitness.

Yes, “Wii Fit,” the eagerly awaited light-exercise game…

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05.15.2008 11:25 pm

Wii’s amazing sales can help defray Nintendo’s legal costs

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Good thing Nintendo’s Wii console is selling so well. The company will need some of that money to pay a hefty legal bill.

On Thursday, the market research firm NPD Group reported that Nintendo sold an amazing 714,000 Wiis nationwide in…

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04.16.2008 11:16 am

Wii Fit is the shape of things to come

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Get ready to shell out some bucks so you can have a Fit.

Wii Fit, that is.

Game maker Nintendo says it will sell the next of its customized games for the Wii console in the United States for $89.99…

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04.02.2008 11:17 am

Wii Fit poised to become America’s best-selling game ever

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mark your calendars, folks. On May 19, gaming will change forever in this country.

That’s the scheduled North American release date for “Wii Fit,” the exergaming title now moving out of game stores in Japan like crushed ice at a frozen-drink…

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