Wii Warm Up: Tacos, etc.
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 3rd 2007 at 11:00AM }
So the Wii has opened up new gameplay possibilities, new control methods, more immersion, and all that. But, unless the Nunchuk is involved, it's also opened up one of your hands. This has created the possibility for completely immersive snacking, wherein you don't have to stop playing even for a second while you stuff your face full of delicious, crunchy tacos (and, possibly, non-taco food items), totally sabotaging your Wii Sports exercise program.We want to know-- are you guilty of the crime of convenience? Have you succumbed to a sudden banana craving after picking up hundreds and hundreds of them in Super Monkey Ball? Or have you refrained from eating during gameplay, afraid you'll accidentally transfer some Cheeto dust onto the Wiimote?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Charles @ Mar 3rd 2007 11:18AM
well, not that i own a wii, but when i do i doubt i will be eating, I get immersed easily and if i eat the immersion will go away, plus, cheeto dust is sticky and yellow-ishy when on white stuff, it eill kill the wiis perfect white beauty!
cristi? @ Mar 3rd 2007 11:23AM
how can you eat a taco with only one hand??
and i never thought about it... Now I'm gona eat doritos O.o
Chii @ Mar 3rd 2007 11:40AM
I would eat breakfast during cutscenes for Zelda. It was great. When I was near the boss room in the later dungeons, I'd pause... Go grab some yougurt, some granola, chop up an apple, dump it in the bowl. Watch the cutscene, chow down, then kick some boss booty.
Great stuff.
During the Wii bowling competitions I have with my elderly relatives and not-so-elderly relatives, we usually eat chips 'n' dip. Great stuff. And coke. Nothing's complete without coca-cola. GALLONS OF IT.
Nothing messy, though. That'd be gross.
adam @ Mar 3rd 2007 11:46AM
beer..
or any other alcoholic beverage of your choice..
makes for an interesting bowling tourney
Commie Mario @ Mar 3rd 2007 12:06PM
yes...two words..
beef jerky, the best gaming snack in the world combined with vault soda...heheehe
Zachary Hinchliffe @ Mar 3rd 2007 12:16PM
XD @ #6's warning
Nini @ Mar 3rd 2007 12:19PM
Sometimes I eat when I'm playing the Wii. Usually ice cream or a sandwich. Maybe some chips, if they don't get my hands too dirty.
flamingsquirrel @ Mar 3rd 2007 12:58PM
Yesterday I was trying to eat while playing my Wii (on gamecube) I was playing Metriod Prime 2, trying to FINALY beat it before Metriod Prime 3 comes out (I got Prime 2 the day it came out, but with me losing interest several times, and save files being erased 3 times, i still haven't beat it) anyway, I was trying to eat beef jerky, which was half of becuase it was like 3 weeks past it's sell by date, and it wasn't commercial, like a small little shop selled it, I think they bought it from farmers/Hunters, either way, it was like brand name or anything. So it tasted like microwaved horse crap, and I got my GC controller all greasy, it was sick. When I rented SMB:BB I was eating sandwiches all the time while playing. Danm, now I'm hungry.
SuicideNinja @ Mar 3rd 2007 8:21PM
"Yesterday I was trying to eat while playing my Wii (on gamecube) I was playing Metriod Prime 2, trying to FINALY beat it before Metriod Prime 3 comes out"
Blasphemy! You need to get on that. The two Metroid Primes were the best reasons to own a Gamecube. I beat them both on the hardest level at %100 because I couldn't get enough of the game at the time. The Metroid Prime and Emperor Ing on the hardest difficulty are a couple of the most frustrating bosses I've ever dealt with though.
On topic: Um, no. No eating while playing.
JC Fletcher @ Mar 3rd 2007 1:48PM
Zachary: sorry to remove the context for your post.
meist3r: That kind of talk is for Illegal Substances Fanboy.
directive0 @ Mar 3rd 2007 2:11PM
Was he talking aboot wiid?
Fortyseven @ Mar 3rd 2007 2:11PM
Last night I actually caught myself having a slice of pizza while swinging the racket in Wii Sports tennis. There was a huge wave of guilt and slight embarrassment. :P
meist3r @ Mar 3rd 2007 4:36PM
Oh Ok so much for the often praised freedom of speech in the U.S.. Well alright no more recreational truth from this continent from now on. Transatlantic realities are incompatible anyway. :)
@10: Well yeah originally I was talking about ... uhmm .. uhhh ... talking about ... ah what did I write about? Uhh nevermind.
Andrew @ Mar 4th 2007 12:01AM
screw you guys... now I'm hungry.
Asterix ampersand percent pound 'at' percent DOLLAR!
silkylove @ Mar 4th 2007 2:56AM
Reefer and Super Monkey Ball FTW!
victor @ Mar 4th 2007 4:32AM
gotta second the beer + Wii Sports love.
Mr Khan @ Mar 4th 2007 2:48PM
Channel surfing with the left hand, Wii Sports/Opera Browser with the right
I love Picture-in-Picture
Dismeeir @ Mar 5th 2007 5:44AM
yeh, was eating dinner whilst playing wiisports tennis tonight, it works for a bit, it is kind of hard to return hits when you need all your skills to strategically position a potato the size of your head into your mouth as you dont have the free hand to cut it -.-
Zack W. @ Mar 5th 2007 3:05PM
One word "Funyuns". How about a Wii game where you eat Funyuns...or other things I suppose. Dang, now I want Funyuns.