Get Pornography on the Nintendo Wii!

Without a doubt, my absolute favorite Seinfeld episode surrounded "Serenity Now," a line George Costanza's father screamed to calm himself in high-stress situations.  Within the same show, George was tasked with selling computers for his father – a stressful work environment, no doubt – and pitched the PCs with the simple promise that "you can get porn!" It never worked, but in at least two cases (featuring Jerry and Elaine), it was the one computer usage that made them consider a purchase. 

Now, a Christian watchdog group is alleging that since the Nintendo Wii can access the internet, it too could conceivably showcase porn.  It's left me scrambling the web for the Big N's latest hardware.

It is possible to access pornography using the included Opera browser, but the Wii's full list of parental controls can prevent this.  It means there's no reason to demonize the console, as "The Porn Talk" is doing.

Parents, please contact REAL tech websites before making rash decisions on game consoles.  Leave right-wing, nutbrain blogs for light, carefree reads during stressful – Serenity Now! – workdays.

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2 comments
Posted by Usama on March 2,2007 at 2:58 PM
The PS3 also has a web browser. The Xbox360 will have one soon (I believe). So all three gaming consoles can surf the internet, and inherent to the internet is porn.

On the Wii and the Xbox360, you have the option of NOT downloading and installing the browser (I'm not sure if there is an option to turn the browser off in the PS3). I own a Wii so I can also say that if the browser is already installed, you can delete it. So if you don't want your children using the Wii to access the internet, it's as easy as deleting a file off of a computer.

Assuming the children can bypass the Wii controls, aren't game systems usually hooked up to a decently sized television? Then my question is where are the parents? Don't you have some way to monitor what they're playing? Is it so hard to pass by them, and maybe even sit with them, every so often?
Posted by xntrk on March 2,2007 at 1:08 PM
I've got 2 issues with any point anyone can make about Wii and access to porn.

1. Internet = Porn.  It's a proven fact that porn is accessible online more than any other medium because of the "wireless age" we live in (http://www.thestar.com/News/article/184711). It's not anything new and by all means not the fault of the "porn industry" to publish such material on the web because the internet, just like life, is a society with access to all information. Leave it up to the "corrupt" to add adult content to those who are looking for it. That MiiTube site (http://www.miitube.co.uk/)is a good example of those who take access to the web over the top. You can't help it but you can educate. Stop burning others for your stone-hard values. If the web is this so called "devil's playground" ... Bible thumpers , anti-porn and PC tree-huggers can do two things about it. SHUT UP and GET OFF THE NET!! Hypocrites.

2. Wii = Entertainment. This doesn't directly mean access to porn. Don't let your kids (or yourself) set up wireless connectivity if you feel this is the case. The Wii provides access to a wireless portal that one can use to access information. If this information happens to be naked ladies, then it's the choice of the user. Just like all the adult sites and magazines, and movies, and other printed, filmed, or documented presentation of the mature (naked or sexually explicit) material - It's on the user-end to agree or  disagree to the terms. Don't blame Nintendo for this, blame your debauched minds. Point fingers on society if you have to but leave the gaming consoles out of this.

END OF DISCUSSION.