Handy fix for a broken Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote)

A few days ago one of my Nintendo Wii remotes started doing some crazy things. It seemed like there was a problem with the remote’s gyro, as you couldn’t get any response from swinging the remote in the bowling game (instead, you just took everyone’s legs out with the ball!). Anyway, I found a strange fix which involves wacking the remote, button side down, against your palm several times. I wacked the remote hard enough to “fix” it, but not too hard as to break it....

5 January, 2008