Today's Weird Wire™ comes from our friends at The Escapist:
Japanese arcade distributor Atlus Co. said it will recall 150 arm-wrestling machines that are breaking players' arms.
The machine, known as Arm Spirit, has so far broken three arms of players who put it to the challenge. The machine features 10 levels of arm-wrestling difficulty, including a French maid, a drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua. The final throw-down, for those who manage to avoid having their forearms snapped, is against a professional arm-wrestler.
"The machine isn't that strong, much less so than a muscular man," said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama. "Even women should be able to beat it."
So, essentially, Atlus is saying that the people who injured themselves are sissies that couldn't even beat a little girl at arm wrestling. That's an interesting PR strategy.
Check out the BBC coverage for a picture of the machine and the official Arm Spirit site for more details on the game itself. Just don't challenge that Chihuahua to a match; he's much stronger than he looks.
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I just wanted to post a comment conceerning the ads that Gamesville attaches to their 3-Eyed Bingo game. There are currently 3 ads that make it impossible to play the game. They are the PKR.com ad, the ad with the monkeys eating bananas and the muscle men doing chin-ups.
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