Geek vs Life

So I’m browsing around on TV.com, adding episodes for Haruka -Beyond the Stream of Time-, when I catch this little nugget at the top of my screen. I’ll spare you from reading it (although the comments are amusing), and give you a brief synopsis:

A 10-year-old girl in England who is reportedly 4′9″ and 6 stone (84 lbs) was called “fat” by Wii Fit (even though that term is not used) in their BMI test. Her parents are pissed, and now the spokesperson from the National Obesity Forum (remember, it would be England’s National forum) wants to ban the game from children.

If you want more on what’s been said and everything, you can go ahead and read it, but here’s the reason I’m posting this:

Something in that article is wrong.

I must admit, I’m probably biased. I’ve been reading Douglas Coupland books for years now. I read Microserfs in three days while stranded in Mexico. I remember intentionally bring jPod with me the next time I went because I remember the fun I had the last time. Some books are just meant to pass around. For me, jPod was one of them.

jPod is about a group of coworkers that have been assigned together because of the first letter of their last name, “J”. The book focuses on their adventures working for a game developer somewhere in the Vancouver Canada area (if you’re think EA Games, you’re probably right.) The book takes a few left turns and bring in a great supporting cast. The weed-grow op owning mother, the cougar chasing brother and the “extra” actor father. There’s a trip to China. An encounter With Douglas Coupland himself and so much more.