Life is too short not to exact a bitter and bloody revenge
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Microsoft does a Wii
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft is so worried that Nintendo will dominate the market for lardy geeks who want to do a bit of exercise, that it has released a fitness game of its own.
The Xbox-ercise Alive game uses the XBox 360's better graphics to show realistic fitness instructors and, unlike the Wii, features more violence.
As game's marketing director Todd Belham charmingly pointed out that yoga and dance were all fun, but you need some serious violence to get people into shape.
He said the Wii Fit stuff was for wimps. You burn a lot more calories smashing the controller into someone’s skull than stepping on and off the Wii Fit pad.
While the software works best with a friend, since Vole acknowledges that many console owners may have a bit of shortage in this department it allows for you to get in shape by bashing the controller against the sofa or an inflatable companion. After all, many lardy geeks will already have an inflatable friend lying around their basements.
The subscription-based fitness program will cost you between $200 to $2,000 a year. Seems a bit steep to us when you could get a more effective gym membership for that, but that would involve going outside. µ
L'Inq
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They say humour doesnt cross borders so perhaps The Inquirer ought to mark with a big red FAKE sign those stories that are lacking in the veracity stakes. If not, there's a v good chance that Spanish financial newspaper Cinco Dias will pick it up and without even bothering to phone Microsoft's press office, run it as a true story, just like it did today. Good one Mike
Fuck that was a funny article, props to the writer... although it could be that I'm h-i-g-h.
People, this article was a joke. It was written by a humor writer. "Satire for Smart People; The Truth for You". Where do you fall in that?
Perhaps I'm far too cynical, especially in my currently inebriated state, but isn't bbspot a SATIRE site? Aka, isn't this a joke article and not a real one?

Perhaps the above comments are picking this up without saying it outloud, but it seems like you've reported a fake article as fact here. Am I missing some depth of humour here whereby everyone accepts it's a joke unquestioningly maybe or is it something more sinister?
You do realize that BBSpot is a satire site, right?
BBSpot is a satire site, right? See the disclaimer at the bottom of the linked page.
This article links to BBspot - the spoof / satire and humor site. I think I missed the punchline in this story. It reads like its an actual news story.
Of course you realize that BBspot is a humor website and this article is completely fabricated, yes?
BBSpot's article is a joke, because "BBspot is a satire news and comedy source and meant to be funny. If you are easily offended, gullible or don't have a sense of humor we suggest you go elsewhere." 

Don't be so gullible! :)
sure i have an inflatable friend lying around, but I don't want to hit it... well, not like that, anyway.
'Seems a bit steep to us when you could get a more effective gym membership for that, but that would involve going outside.'

Show me a gym membership that gives me an inflatable doll in my membership.
Yes, but can do do remote boxing, competing directly against other players?

i.e. "ok, you beat me at GTA IV, but lets see how well you fight! (virtually)"

:)
No! Not the big blue room! No....