Since this guy broke his Wii remote and strap on purpose instead of being careless it doesn't seem right making fun of him at first. But then when I thought about it, it seems even more appropriate to make fun of him. Oh sure, I appreciate the research he's done, but at what cost did we get it? I'm going to stick to playing video games on my Wii instead of treating it like a crash test dummy.

"Ok, so the other day I received my new Wii-straps. I thought that I would try and break my old Wii-straps, just to see how much pressure they could take. I had them still tied to the Wii-mote and wrapped around my wrist. I gave them a good, long, slow pull and it snapped.

Since I received four new straps from Nintendo (the max that they allowed), I thought I would test them as well. The result? I grabbed firmly on the controller and wrapped the Wii-strap around my wrist and gave it a good slow pull..... SNAP! I then looked down expecting my fresh new Wii-strap to be broken. But to my surprise, it wasn't the Wii-strap that was broken, it was the Wii-mote that was broken. Right where you stick the Wii-strap in and around, the Wii-strap totally ate up that piece of plastic. So now I am left with a Wii-mote that is Wii-strapless from now on. For anyone wondering, I had to use a little more oomph with the new Wii-strap."

There you have it, even though the new straps are tougher, they are not magical protection against destructive behavior. So for now I guess you will just have to behave like a rational human being if you want to avoid the destruction your playthings.