After a conversation with our own Dan Landis, who reported just a few minutes ago that Marky Mark Walberg injured himself while playing with his Wii, I simply had to take the opportunity to “wii-examine” the statement Mark made not even two weeks ago. A reporter for People Magazine asked the underwear model, turned rapper, turned actor, if he had played the Max Payne video game, to which he responded: “I got more responsibility now than I’ve ever had with the kids and everything else. I don’t want to be spending 14 hours on the videogame and then eight hours on the set. It’s not going to work out.” So, he doesn’t have time to play a video game that may also constitute as research for a role he is about to undertake, but he has the time to play with the Nintendo Wii. If ever you needed proof that the Wii is not considered a real gaming system by some of the people who own it, this may be it. I personally have nothing against the Wii, but after reporting on a NYC Fitness center charging $110 an hour to play Wii Fit, and now an actor who claims he can’t play video games because of his addictive personality hurting his wrist in a Wii Remote accident, it’s clear to me that the Wii is a phenomenon — one that will likely continue with or without the support of the hardcore gamer. http://www.ripten.com/2008/08/05/mark-wahlberg-proves-wii-isnt-real-gaming/

I read this on N4G. Stupid article. That doesn't prove anything.

most wii games can be played in small bursts, he has enough time for them probably

lol, Wii fad confirmed. funny article to say the least.

OMG Mark Wahlberg :P

Brilliant! Gotta love Ripten for their articles! =P

To think of it, he kind of look like Leo-J...! =P

this is dumb.obviously he just doesn't want to play max payne.but he cant say that...this proves nothing.

Shit. waht happend?

After a conversation with our own Dan Landis, who reported just a few minutes ago that Marky Mark Walberg injured himself while playing with his Wii, I simply had to take the opportunity to “wii-examine” the statement Mark made not even two weeks ago.


A reporter for People Magazine asked the underwear model, turned rapper, turned actor, if he had played the Max Payne video game, to which he responded:


“I got more responsibility now than I’ve ever had with the kids and everything else. I don’t want to be spending 14 hours on the videogame and then eight hours on the set. It’s not going to work out.”


So, he doesn’t have time to play a video game that may also constitute as research for a role he is about to undertake, but he has the time to play with the Nintendo Wii. If ever you needed proof that the Wii is not considered a real gaming system by some of the people who own it, this may be it.


I personally have nothing against the Wii, but after reporting on a NYC Fitness center charging $110 an hour to play Wii Fit, and now an actor who claims he can’t play video games because of his addictive personality hurting his wrist in a Wii Remote accident, it’s clear to me that the Wii is a phenomenon — one that will likely continue with or without the support of the hardcore gamer.

http://www.ripten.com/2008/08/05/mark-wahlberg-proves-wii-isnt-real-gaming/

First off, I don't see any quote where Mark Walberg said he didn't have time to play videogames ... He did say "... spending 14 hours on the videogame ..." which (I would assume) means he thinks games like Max Payne are too time consuming to fit into his life.

The other thing that bothers me is this quote "... but after reporting on a NYC Fitness center charging $110 an hour to play Wii Fit ..." because it is amazingly inaccurate. The gym doesn't charge you $110 to play Wii Fit, they charge you $110 to get a private workout with a personal trainer that involves Wii Fit. Where I live personal trainers start at $40 to $60 an hour and a good personal trainer will charge $100+, in New York it wouldn't surprise me if it cost more; at the same time a personal trainer can give you a good workout with nothing except for your sneekers, so adding Wii Fit as a way to make the workout more interesting/fun (or to give you ideas how to expand your Wii Fit workout at home) doesn't seem all that bad.

I was on the fence about considering the Wii a "genuine" gaming system, but this article has convinced me that the Wii is not a "genuine" gaming system.