We’ve heard of finger fatigue from spending too much time at the arcade, but this is ridiculous. An arm wrestling game called “Arm Spirit” has caused three broken arms since being introduced in Japan. But in a PR move we found refreshing, game-maker Atlus showed how the Japanese roll. They self-policed themselves and recalled the game, but not before calling all three broken-armees wusses.

“The machine isn’t that strong, much less so than a muscular man. Even women should be able to beat it,” said Atlus spokeswoman Ayano Sakiyama.

Ah, shaming the weak fools who broke their arms with your machine against litigation—brilliant tactic. However, you lost all your MachoChip points when we read the following:

Players of “Arm Spirit” advance through 10 levels, battling a French maid, drunken martial arts master and a Chihuahua before reaching the final showdown with a professional wrestler.

Figures, the lone Latino representation is the most annoying toy dog on the planet. If we weren’t afraid of being called names and possibly wedgied by Ayano Sakiyama, we’d so boycott their asses.

Broken arms prod game recall in Japan [MSNBC}
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