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Wii Fit: Unstoppable(UK)
Wii Fit is STILL top of the UK charts at the time of going to press, holding off the challenge of every other game on the market for the seventh week in a row. In total, its the sixteenth week it has been declared the UK's top selling game, and joins mario kart wii, mario and sonic at the olympic games, Professor Layton and wii play in the top ten. When will Nintendo's domination end?

Here's A New One(UK)
A neuroscientist has suggested a new reason for the current worldwide banking crisis: Videogames. In an admittedly tongo-in-cheek article, Susan Greenfield, a specialist in brain physiology and consciousness, puts forward the theory that bankers who have grown up playing videogames are less averse to risk-taking and are therefore more reckless in their dealings. It's all due to prefrontal cortex development or something.
I say thats a load of nonsence

In Nintendo We Trust(USA)
According to american buisiness publication Forbes, Nintendo is one of the most reputable and trustworthy componies in the world. Forbes' annual list measures a compony's reputation reputation around the globe according to the opinions of experts and the public. Nintendo came sixth, beating all other gaming companies, but could not beat top firm and serial diplomat spoilers Ferrero.

In Rude Health(JAPAN)
A number of Japenese games companies have been restricting the number or overseas trips they send employees on in a bid to prevent the spread of swine flu through their ranks. Because Japan is a relatively small county with a very high population density,both the government and media have been understandably cautious ahead of E3.
Lets hope it all fizzles out soon.

High Five!(JAPAN)
Several reports on the web have stated that one out of every five japenese people now own a DS, following the release of Nintendo's sales statistics. That's 20 per cent of the Japenese population as a whole, not just japenese gamers. Bonkers. To give you some comparioson, that figure is just a shade under 10 per cent in both the US and Europe. Which we'd say is still pretty high.

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Very interesting article, I am not surprised about Nintendos dominance. The casual market is like an army of zombies, and its spreading.

Yea I agree with you. I remember a time when it was all about the video games & less about trying to sell to the casual crowd <.< *sigh* x3

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agreed there.

Nintendo could not keep up with PROPER gaming so they had to turn to the casual market.

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God Save The Q-Wii-n(UK)

Call Me a snob if you like,but THQ's specially commissioned gold plated wii looks a little tacky.The colnsole was dipped in gold paint to celebrate the release of Big Family Games, apparently the perfect gift for britains poshest family. We'd love to see her Madge shooting hoops with a gold plated Wii Remote.
Whats next. A wii Replete with neon strip lights for Need For Speed Nitro?
[img]http://www.wiids.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/golden-wii-001.jpg[/img

Pimp My Mobility Scooter - London pensioner's 'granny mobile' gets flash makeover

Harold Churchill, 72, gets a hot-rod makeover for his 14mph mobility vehicle

by: Tom Chivers26 May 2009

Pimp My Mobility Scooter: Harold Churchill's new wheels
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A LONDON pensioner is rolling on some pretty cool wheels after he won a competition to "pimp" his scooter.

Harold Churchill, 72, had his 14mph mobility vehicle tricked out with a £2,500 customisation courtesy of the MTV series Pimp My Ride.

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His "granny-mobile" now sports a hand-painted chassis, under-body neon lighting, surround sound stereo, and a Nintendo DS console.

OAPimp My Ride(UK)

The competition was run to mark the launch of video game Pimp My Ride: Street Racing, based on the show.

"I love it - even though my friends at the day centre think I'm bonkers"
Harold, of Lewisham, south-east London, said: "I love it - even though my friends at the day centre think I'm bonkers."

The show, presented by hip hop DJ Tim Westwood, takes members of the public’s old cars and gives them a flashy makeover with new equipment.

And bishop's son Westwood is presumably pretty keen on the pimped-up scooter, since being a not-so-down-with-the-kids 51 years old, he might be needing one himself in a few years.

Taken From [url](http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/weird/odd-news/pimp-my-mobility-scooter-london-pensioners-granny-mobile-gets-flash-ma[/url]

(more to be added at a later date)[/i]

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God Save The Q-Wii-n(UK)

Call Me a snob if you like,but THQ's specially commissioned gold plated wii looks a little tacky.The colnsole was dipped in gold paint to celebrate the release of Big Family Games, apparently the perfect gift for britains poshest family. We'd love to see her Madge shooting hoops with a gold plated Wii Remote.
Whats next. A wii Replete with neon strip lights for Need For Speed Nitro?
[img]http://www.wiids.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/golden-wii-001.jpg[/img

Pimp My Mobility Scooter - London pensioner's 'granny mobile' gets flash makeover

Harold Churchill, 72, gets a hot-rod makeover for his 14mph mobility vehicle

by: Tom Chivers26 May 2009

Pimp My Mobility Scooter: Harold Churchill's new wheels
NATIONAL PICTURES
A LONDON pensioner is rolling on some pretty cool wheels after he won a competition to "pimp" his scooter.

Harold Churchill, 72, had his 14mph mobility vehicle tricked out with a £2,500 customisation courtesy of the MTV series Pimp My Ride.

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Pimp My Ride turns London police van into mobile youth club
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His "granny-mobile" now sports a hand-painted chassis, under-body neon lighting, surround sound stereo, and a Nintendo DS console.

OAPimp My Ride(UK)

The competition was run to mark the launch of video game Pimp My Ride: Street Racing, based on the show.

"I love it - even though my friends at the day centre think I'm bonkers"
Harold, of Lewisham, south-east London, said: "I love it - even though my friends at the day centre think I'm bonkers."

The show, presented by hip hop DJ Tim Westwood, takes members of the public’s old cars and gives them a flashy makeover with new equipment.

And bishop's son Westwood is presumably pretty keen on the pimped-up scooter, since being a not-so-down-with-the-kids 51 years old, he might be needing one himself in a few years.

Taken From [url](http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/weird/odd-news/pimp-my-mobility-scooter-london-pensioners-granny-mobile-gets-flash-ma[/url]

(more to be added at a later date)

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You don't know how close I am to punching my monitor right now. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH