It’s all about the motion

Half of NCBR’s crack editorial staff has been moaning about various video-game-induced aches and pains this holiday season. As the caring manager I am, I thought they were just a little out of shape — until I came just a Wii-whoosh away from a cauliflower ear myself over the weekend.

I decided to do a little research, and discovered that no less a medical publication than the Wall Street Journal had identified “Wii elbow” back before Thanksgiving.

But repetitive motion maladies are the least of Wii-related injuries, it seems. On the aptly named Web site that collects such self-reported statistics — wiihaveaproblem.com — the second-highest category of things broken during furious Nintendo play is People. Controllers and straps are No. 1, but not by much.

With holiday demand for the Wii system far outstripping available supply — as well as sales of sedentary competitors PS3 and Xbox 360 — it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

Let’s be careful out there.

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