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Remember When Bill O'Reilly Invented Nintendo?

This viral video has made a sudden resurgence this week: Bill O'Reilly introduces a breathless Inside Edition segment about how Nintendo and the mysterious Mario Brothers are taking over America with more gadgets, gizmos, and zappers than you can shake...  CONTINUE READING REMEMBER WHEN BILL O'REILLY INVENTED NINTENDO?»

Posted on April 16, 2009 in , , (28 comments)
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An Open Letter To Beyonce Regarding Her Nintendo DSi Commercial

Dear Beyonce, You seriously need to fire your publicist, dude. By all accounts you seem like a classy, sophisticated woman. You've created some really great hits, and even invented a YouTube sensation. All in all, 2008 was a banner...  CONTINUE READING AN OPEN LETTER TO BEYONCE REGARDING HER NINTENDO DSI COMMERCIAL»

Posted on April 3, 2009 in , , (21 comments)
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Wii Ennui

This poem from the New Yorker magazine is a rumination on Virgil's conception of death as an inescapable constant force, the impossibility of fatherhood in the face of war, and the lack of available Nintendo Wiis. The God of Loneliness...  CONTINUE READING WII ENNUI»

Posted on April 28, 2008 in (1 comments)
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Wii Fat

Have you guys heard about Wii Fit? It's a "game" coming out May 21st from Nintendo that will make "exercise" "fun." It's already been released in England—where everyone is disgustingly fat—and Japan, and it's doing great. People love to play...  CONTINUE READING WII FAT»

Posted on April 16, 2008 in (2 comments)
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