UK Mario Party crashed for 'spastic' reasons  We can't help but
wonder if people aren't getting a little too sensitive. First
Ubisoft's Mind Quiz for the DS and PSP was yanked, and now Mario
Party 8 suffered the same fate right after its UK release. So
what was the offense? An infamous four-letter word? Dirty
insults that would make nuns and sailors alike blush down to
their toes? Hot coffee level mistakes?  No, in both cases, it
was the word "spastic."  Now, there's more at work here below
the surface than is obvious at first glance. First, in Mind
Quiz, the spastic label was applied to those who couldn't manage
much in the game, and so yes, it was a little insulting. Second,
while "spastic" is pretty tame as far as slang goes on this side
of the proverbial pond, in the UK, it's apparently a little more
insulting. It's the equivalent of calling someone a drooling
retard, if you will (we use this phrase for the purposes of
example here, so please, don't issue a Wii Fanboy recall). So we
can understand that it