Another candidate for the useless peripheral hall of fame, the Wii Boxing Gloves actually transcend my usual criteria of being only useful in one game by being useful in only one fraction of one game. Created with Wii Sports in mind, the fingerless padded gloves feature sleeves on the top that you actually tuck the wiimote and nunchuck into, offering all the functionality of simply duct taping the controllers to your hands with none of the messy skin irritation.

If these were fully padded regulation boxing gloves I could see the need for them, as my girlfriend tends to get hyper-aggressive during a round of Wii Sports Boxing, but since the fingers are exposed she would retain full use of her knuckles and nails, leaving me short $22 on top of being beaten to a bloody, shredded pulp. Michael Fahey

Wii Boxing Glove for Wii Sports gives that Powerglove feeling [Videogamesblogger.com]

Tiny LCD built into a 360 ... why? [Xbox 360 Fanboy, via Engadget - Thanks Hoppasaurus!]

So this was a strange little item being shown off at GDC. The tiny, glowing treasure chest plugs into a USB slot and then your computer acts as security. Essentially, this just means you need to plug it into your computer to open it without the help of a screwdriver.

Kinda....um...useless?

Most parents think their kids play way too many video games, according to a survey commissioned by VTech Electronics. In other shocking news, parents say kids have no respect, listen to crap music and follow way, way too close when driving.

I think people need to just start sending me money whenever they want arbitrary and useless statistics about gaming: Seven out of 10 children have lost an eye playing video games, mothers worry more will put an eye out. *

Survey Shows Parental Attitudes to Video Games [Gamasutra]

*Margin of Error: +/- 70 percent.