A pint of Guinness World Records information
by Phil Larsen 
{ Jun 27th 2008 at 10:15AM }
Underachievers can now take to the Wii in an effort to impress their friends with virtual accomplishments. TT Games has announced Guinness World Records: The Videogame (really? a game?) for the Wii and DS, so there's no reason for you not to be included in the book that features a new holographic cover every year.
It's full of mini-games, of course, and features some of the most popular records -- like growing the longest fingernails, and eating a jumbo jet. Sounds ... gross. World Records enables players to compete in such prestigious events via "accessible game mechanics." No clue what these actually are, but if it involves sitting around for 50 years growing long fingernails, then at least it'll score highly for longevity. It's released in Q3 2008, if you can wait that long to participate in the "most remarkable activities in the world."
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rocketboy @ Jun 27th 2008 10:30AM
Can you get into the Guinness book of World Records by having a high score in the Guinness World Records The Video Game?
Nushio (NDF - Blue) @ Jun 27th 2008 10:50AM
On a highly related but yet offtopic note, Firefox 3 signed up to set a new World Record on most downloaded software ever.
They got around 8 million downloads in 24 hours. The actual number is still being checked and double checked by the guiness people.
Either way, if you're still browsing around in lame old Internet Explorer then you should consider switching to Firefox 3! (www.getfirefox.com)
>end of plug<
milan @ Jun 27th 2008 12:45PM
hahaha "score high for longevity"
Strange idea for a game though.. it'll no doubt be junk.