All you video gamers come and play
"Ninja Bob, Monster Truck Warrior"

By Tracy Farr
Editor, The Daily Spittoon

All local gamers are invited to attend the first annual "Ninja Bob, Monster Truck Warrior" Festival this coming Saturday in the Life Health Building.  Competition starts at 8:30 a.m. and prizes and trophies will be awarded.

"We think this will be a great annual event that kids of all ages will want to attend," said Harold Winney, manager of the Life Health Building.  "We hope this will entice area youngsters to get off of their couches, get on their bikes, pedal down to our building, and enjoy a competitive video game of Ninja Bob with their friends and neighbors."

According to Winney, one of the rules of the event is that participants can only play if they walked to the Life Health Building or they rode their bicycles.  Parent-driven competitors will not be allowed to participate.

"Video games have gotten a bum wrap over the years," Winney said.  "They've been blamed for everything from child obesity to the fall of the American family.  That's why we're promoting physical activity before thumb activity.  These kids have got to prove that they are willing to exercise a bit before they sit on our couches all day long playing the No. 1 video game in America."

Local video game celebrity Randall Cross will be participating in the event.  Cross recently spent 76 days on his couch playing "Ninja Bob, Monster Truck Warrior" and reached the 25th level.

"I'm going to try my best to attend, but it's been a long time since I've ridden a bike," said the 13-year-old Ninja Bob prodigy. "I might have to walk to the Life Health Building.  It's about four blocks away from my house.  If I start training today, I just might be able to make the walk without breaking too much of a sweat."

For more information about the "Ninja Bob, Monster Truck Warrior" Festival, call Harold Winney at the Life Health Building.