R.O.B.
15th August 2007, 04:00 PM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/category/wii/" rel="tag">Nintendo Wii</a>, <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.ezgear.com/PR/ezGearforWii_807.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/08/490ezgear.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
These days, companies have got to really put in a lot of work to impress us with the utter trash that they'll make to cash in on the Wii's success. ezGear, if you want our honest opinion about <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/PR/ezGearforWii_807.html">your first effort</a>, it's something of a mixed bag.<br /><br />Sure, your tennis, baseball and golf attachments are really useless, but that kind of useless is <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/17/joytech-to-put-cheap-plastic-crap-on-your-wii-remote/">so last year</a>. What we're looking for is a special kind of useless. But hey, what do we have here? <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/Wii/WiiBoxing.html">A boxing glove</a> that you slide your Wiimote and nunchuk into? Wow. That really is awful. Nicely done. We've got to say though, you've outdone yourself with the <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/Wii/Wii_Sparing_Glove.html">Wii Sparring Glove</a>, which is ... a sparring glove. It's inspired enough to remind us that even if <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/23/ebert-admits-games-can-be-art-but-not-high-art/">video games aren't high art</a>, making crap for them most certainly is.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.ezgear.com/PR/ezGearforWii_807.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/2007/08/15/ezgear-making-some-inspiring-wii-junk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/forward/965464/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/2007/08/15/ezgear-making-some-inspiring-wii-junk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>
These days, companies have got to really put in a lot of work to impress us with the utter trash that they'll make to cash in on the Wii's success. ezGear, if you want our honest opinion about <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/PR/ezGearforWii_807.html">your first effort</a>, it's something of a mixed bag.<br /><br />Sure, your tennis, baseball and golf attachments are really useless, but that kind of useless is <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/17/joytech-to-put-cheap-plastic-crap-on-your-wii-remote/">so last year</a>. What we're looking for is a special kind of useless. But hey, what do we have here? <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/Wii/WiiBoxing.html">A boxing glove</a> that you slide your Wiimote and nunchuk into? Wow. That really is awful. Nicely done. We've got to say though, you've outdone yourself with the <a href="http://www.ezgear.com/Wii/Wii_Sparing_Glove.html">Wii Sparring Glove</a>, which is ... a sparring glove. It's inspired enough to remind us that even if <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/23/ebert-admits-games-can-be-art-but-not-high-art/">video games aren't high art</a>, making crap for them most certainly is.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.ezgear.com/PR/ezGearforWii_807.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/2007/08/15/ezgear-making-some-inspiring-wii-junk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/forward/965464/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://wii.joystiq.com/2007/08/15/ezgear-making-some-inspiring-wii-junk/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>