arniejolt
08-21-2007, 08:34 AM
My first Weird-News for this forum! And it's gaming-oriented!
If only there were some videos capturing that magic moment...
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/ap/tok10808211322.widec.jpg
TOKYO - Lose a game of chess to a computer, and you could bruise your ego. Lose an arm-wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm.
Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday it will remove all 150 "Arm Spirit" arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine's mechanized appendage.
"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama, calling the recall "a precaution."
"We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," she said. The company was investigating the incidents and checking the machines for any signs of malfunction.
Players of "Arm Spirit" advance through 10 levels, battling a French maid, drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua before reaching the final showdown with a professional wrestler.
The arcade machine is not distributed overseas.
Luckily Rock Band and GH games won't do such damage to arms...on second thought Joel Zumaya might beg to differ...Article located here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20376173/)!
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The Metal: Unabridged version:
Punk Rock - sank in swamp
New Wave - sank in swamp
Grunge - caught fire, fell over, sank in swamp
The Metal - strongest in these woods but still looking for a wife that has huge tracks of land
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/ARNie00/mythbunniessig.jpg
my deviant gallery
http://arnie00.deviantart.com
If only there were some videos capturing that magic moment...
http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/ap/tok10808211322.widec.jpg
TOKYO - Lose a game of chess to a computer, and you could bruise your ego. Lose an arm-wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm.
Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday it will remove all 150 "Arm Spirit" arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine's mechanized appendage.
"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama, calling the recall "a precaution."
"We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," she said. The company was investigating the incidents and checking the machines for any signs of malfunction.
Players of "Arm Spirit" advance through 10 levels, battling a French maid, drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua before reaching the final showdown with a professional wrestler.
The arcade machine is not distributed overseas.
Luckily Rock Band and GH games won't do such damage to arms...on second thought Joel Zumaya might beg to differ...Article located here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20376173/)!
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The Metal: Unabridged version:
Punk Rock - sank in swamp
New Wave - sank in swamp
Grunge - caught fire, fell over, sank in swamp
The Metal - strongest in these woods but still looking for a wife that has huge tracks of land
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/ARNie00/mythbunniessig.jpg
my deviant gallery
http://arnie00.deviantart.com
