I’m not sure what Beer Pong is (I’m a non-drinker myself, but not for any moral reasons- I dislike the taste of alcohol) but here is a summary of the article: new Wii game may promote drinking. Parents outraged. Yada-yada.

http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/24103549.html

Here’s an idea: if you don’t want your kiddies to play the game, don’t buy it for them. Or forbid them from buying it.

Mario Kart is way more fun anyway! But oh, it teaches reckless driving…oh shit, and we have Mortal Kombat, which promotes murder and mutilation! Lock up the kids!

Wait, I don’t have kids, just a cat. Never mind.

Ookay - enough sadness. Let’s talk about something fun. Like - video games. Well, not videogames specifically, but about the Nintendo Wii. I don’t have a Wii (although I do occasionally go Wii Wii, particularly after a few beers) but it looks like lots of fun. And it’s about to get fun-er, thanks to Sunsoft who plan on distributing Leiji Matsumoto’s classic manga epics Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999 via the WiiWare service.

Details are slim - this is all based on a robotic Google translation directly from Famitsu - but it makes me happy nonetheless. Unless it’s Japan-only. Then we’re all sad again.

(Source: WiiWare World)