Ah, Elvyra. Our lovely maiden of MMOs. The queen of the obscure, the maven of the weird, the finder of strange videos, and the author of endlessly interesting (if somewhat unorthodox) observations on gaming, MMOs, and geek culture.

Her offering this week is nothing short of what we've all come to expect. In her unconventional Wii Weightloss, Elvyra begins an experiment on herself. It begins with the observation that playing WoW for countless hours every day can make your buttocks a bit larger than you may like. It continues with the exploration of whether throwing punches or swinging a simulated baseball bat can make you thinner. And it attempts to answer an age-old philosophical question.

 MMO players ¡Ù fitness enthusiasts

That question, as you may have surmised, is: If WoW makes you fat, can Wii make you thin? Of course, you'll have to read on to find out more...