A Michigan woman nearly killed her dog when she accidentally struck it in the temple with a Wii Remote. Kathy White was playing Wii Sports' bowling with her daughter when she made the motion to roll her virtual ball and, as she puts it, hit the dog and "killed him instantly." The dog, Ozzy, was not moving or breathing. She called her neighbor -- who we're guessing must have some veterinary training -- and she revived the dog using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Ozzy was then taken to the real vet, who diagnosed the dog with "severe brain swelling" due to cardiac arrest. We've heard of Wiinjuries before (both possibly real and fake), but this is the first instance of potential "caninicide" we're aware of. Check out a television news report regarding the incident after the break.
Is that what happens when you choose the second ending for real? I chose the second ending and then I turned off the game, I really wasn't interested enough even to port back to town to see what it did.
I don't buy it. Mouth to mouth isn't going to resuscitate a blow to the head. The dog likely had a pre-existing medical condition, getting hit just scared it into cardiac arrest. A loud noise would have probably been just as traumatic to the animal. It's a shame our media jumps all over anything that happens to have a video game anything in the near vicinity and charges it to said video game. Got drunk and threw up? The 360 in the next room must have been the cause, it created microwaves that made you sick.
"I don't buy it. Mouth to mouth isn't going to resuscitate a blow to the head. The dog likely had a pre-existing medical condition, getting hit just scared it into cardiac arrest."
Shock is not fixed by CPR without volume (fluid) resuscitation. CPR alone only fixes cardiac arrest. Maybe the impact of the head was at such as angle that it traveled through the neck and caused a commotio cordis. That's the only impact-related CPR-fixable pathology I can think of, short of a weird pre-existing condition (WPW, for instance).
actually some boxers die instantly or just after a fight because of hard/constant headshots. Considering a wii remote is plastic and the dog is young it is possible.
I live in Texas, so please be careful where you're throwing your Wiimotes. I don't want to get hit in the head and have to go to the hospital for a kidney transplant.
The dog didn't die, it just had its heart and lungs stop. It isn't entirely uncommon in medicine to induce that sort of state on a patient for some forms of surgery either.
And does it really surprise anyone that a small dog could be snuffed out with a club?
It doesn't surprise me a dog would go seeking its owners hand when it gets down below waist level. Never you mind the fact that hand was holding a hard chunk of plastic and is moving really fast.
This is mildly ironic. I mean, hard-core games are supposed to be turning our kids into violent maniacs, yet the console responsible for the most actual real-world violence and destruction is the one with all the casual games.
wtf? is this lady like the incredible hulk or something swinging that wiimote around? you could probably punch a dog in the head and not even get that kinda damage.
Wrong the moral of the story is: Stop doing spastic moves when using the Wii, seriously the accelerometer can get the lightest move.
Also there are more games for the darn thing like No more heroes FFS although I’m sure she would bust her grandmother lip open while playing with the beam katana.
Fuck that crying ass dog, their story is bs. One person says the dog died instantly, the other one said the dogs heart was still beating. Make up your minds you lying bitches.
I agree. The game even has a warning to make sure the space around you is clear, that goes double for vulnerable persons and animals like that. The dog just wanted attention. Shelties are like that - they love their family and want their family to pay attention to them.
This is probably the most clear-cut case that can link video games to violence. This woman nearly killed her dog as a direct result of playing video games, something I'm sure she would not do otherwise. Forget Halo 3, COD, GTA, and GoW. The Nintendo Wii is turning soccer moms and little children into killers!!!
