Dec 7, 06:24 PM

This is Getting Ridiculous

Jared FogleCheck out this Forbes.com video interview of the self-proclaimed Jared Fogle of Nintendo

Let’s be realistic about this. Yes, if you weigh 500 pounds from sitting on the couch eating cheetohs and playing video games all your life, you might lose a small amount of weight from playing Wii. But that is only because it would be an infinite increase in physical activity from the previous amount of none. But for most people, all you’re going to get is a sore arm, and that’s only if you’re one of these d-bags that really gets into it.

Beyond that, how horrible is all of this coverage for the gamer’s image in the MSM? As if the average gamer wasn’t portrayed as overweight and loser-ish enough, we now have these walking stereotypes splattered across the evening news reinforcing that image. Ugh.

-Jon
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