Kids Can Now Play Video Games, Get Fat At McDonald's As Well As Home
from the super-size-mario dept
Nintendo has inked a deal with hotspot provider Wayport so owners of its DS game handheld will be able to use free Wi-Fi in 6,000 McDonald's restaurants nationwide to play games. The deal takes advantage of the new pricing model Wayport announced last year, where Nintendo will pay a flat fee to the provider each month instead of a variable rate dependent on the number of connections, and as Glenn Fleishman points out, is just the second company to do so. It wouldn't be surprising to see more deals like this in the future, since the Wayport plan lets companies establish a fixed fee which they can then decide how to recoup, whether it's by charging for access, or by offering free service to try and boost sales. It should be a big win for McDonald's, too, as those kids playing Mario Kart are going to need lots of Happy Meals and orange soda.
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McAnorexia?
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More than one reason to be happy
"Sorry, honey, I'm going to pull an all-nighter."
"What? You're still at work?"
"No... I'm at McDonalds. Good thing this one is open late!"
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as for the nintendo problem they already had gamecube systems at our local mcdonalds it didn't make that much of a difrence
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Figures
Johnny, 14, weighs in at about 240lbs and has subsiquenty murdered all of the employs as seen in the game GTA.
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Re: McAnorexia?
When I woke up, I took a big long piss which should have emptied whatever water I drank. I even worked out on the mat this morning too, and my bathroom scale is digital. My cat imitated me and only drank water too.
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Game Cubeish
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Re: Figures
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Let parents raise their own kids. Stay the hell out of it. If I want to take my kids to McDonalds once a month or once a week or even once a day it is not your business. I don't take them much but really, you didn't bring them into this world, you don't pay to raise them, you've probably never met them, so why don't you mind your own business?
Maybe you have poor self control, Kunzi, and need to be kept away from McDonalds and wifi connections, but some people do just fine. Don't take away from them because you have shortcomings.
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Won't this just cause more violence?
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Re: McAnorexia?
People seem to think the life on welfare is luxirious and glamorous. From what I've seen, it's not. Well, maybe for the airlines it is...
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btw, Techdirt causes violence. And cancer cures smoking.
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Re: More than one reason to be happy
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And I'm only commenting on...
"Let parents raise their own kids. Stay the hell out of it. you didn't bring them into this world, you don't pay to raise them, you've probably never met them, so why don't you mind your own business?"
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Airlines are considering making seats in planes bigger to accomodate fat people, and we are all going to have to absorb that cost when we buy a ticket.
Personally, as long as it doesn't affect me or my loved ones, I don't care. If people want to kill themselves and their own loved ones with food and laziness... be my guest.
I have been obese and have worked hard and lost the weight and have kept it off for 6+ years, so I have seen both sides.
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Skinny people are good
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LOVERRRRRRLY !
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im in a coma now
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good food
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i know a gay guy that works ther and he ask people
if he can suck or lick ther dick for free food
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NO!!!!
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thr
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IM FAT
ITS MY LIFE I JUST LOVE TO EAT I EAT MORE THEN MY MOM AND DAD WOULD IN A WEEK AND THEY LOVE ME WHEN I HAVE TO EAT THEY ARE SO HAPPY AND THEY DONT CARE THAT THE TEACHERS SAY ITS UNHEALTHY I DONT CARE SOMTIMES I DONT SLEEP ALL NIGHT I JUST EAT ALL DAY AND I HAVE ABOUT 5 LUCNEHS AT SCHOOL THEN SNACKS AND MORE FOOD I STAY ON THE COUATCH ALL DAY WHEN MY MOM AND DAD WORK!
THEY LOVE ME BEING FAT AND SO DO I! I GOT TO EAT NOW!
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OMG!
Im just trying to help
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I love mcdonalds
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I love deing fat
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fat is call
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