There are no known cases of human deaths resulting from gaming with the Nintendo Wii, although there are plenty of cases of television and furniture deaths resulting from excited Wii players with weak grips on their WiiMotes.

One enterprising entrepreneur has even created a Wii Death T-Shirt which shows a bloody WiiMote sticking into a players chest.

Wiitardism did claim the life of one unfortunate lady in California who died during a radio station contest called “”Hold Your Wee for a Wii” where the participants competed to determine which one could drink more water. Jennifer Strange drank almost two gallons of water without urinating and died of water intoxication shortly after the contest. She didn’t even win the contest, so she died without her coveted Wii.

Ten radio station employees were fired by the radio station, in an obvious attempt to protect themselves from a lawsuit. No charges will be filed as a result of the incident, but at least one pariah lawyer is suing the radio station and possibly Nintendo. Perhaps the radio station could counter-sue the womans estate for ruining their contest by not bothering to “wee” after their contest.

The Wii may, however, provide important health benefits not offered by the Xbox or the PS3. The National Review of Medicine has published a paper titled Can video games zap childhood — and adult — obesity? which suggests that games like the Nintendo Wii can help children lose weight, which is definitely a life saver in our day and age.