I met up with Emily and Kira last night in Syracuse to see the Goo Goo Dolls at the Landmark. Everyone had been telling me that they weren’t very good live…well, they were great! They far exceeded my expectations and had a great set list of old and new favorites. Highly recommended if you can catch them in your hometown.
This is both a review of the Wii system and the free game, Wii Sports. The Nintendo Wii is everything that I hoped it would be. Emily’s parents, my parents, Kira, Adam…everyone enjoyed the Wii. Bowling is a blast and it really feels like you are bowling. Tennis, baseball, bowling, and golf round out a complete package. If you have an extra $250 lying around, go out and get a Wii! (if you can find them). The controllers are comfortable, the motions feel realistic, and the price point is perfect. Granted, Wii Sports isn’t terribly deep, but I haven’t stopped playing it. A+
I finished some more decorations this weekend and wanted to show this vase off. Emily’s grandmother gave it to us–it’s actually her old coffee pot. We think it looks very festive! Thank you!
So, as I’m sure you’re aware, the Wii came out this morning (Sunday). Now, some stores had midnight launches last night, but there were none in my area. At first, I thought I would stay up, checking Amazon.com. However, there was very little hope that they would ever get them. At around 3:45 A.M., I decided to go to Circuit City to join the line.
I should point out that I never do things like this. Camping out to buy something is sort of a sad activity. However, I really wanted to show my family the Wii at Thanksgiving, so I had no other choice.
When I got to Circuit City, I found out that they had 24 in stock and there were 27 people waiting. With that knowledge, I decided to head next door to stand in line at WalMart (again, not the best choice). I really hate that store. However, I was 4th in line, so that was really good. Rumors were that there were 26 left.
After being lied to by various employees, a woman came out at 6:45 am to tell us that they were having a raffle(!). I mean, come on, a raffle?! She said it was the “only fair way” to sell the systems. Now, for those of us who had been out there for 3 hours already, this was a bit much to take. However, we had no choice. I grabbed my ticket and was ready to be mad.
Seriously, equal opportunity is not fair and neither are raffles. About 5 minutes before the start of the raffle, there were 40 of us in line. In the next couple minutes, a bunch of employees and friends showed up, boosting the line to about 80. Then we found out that there were only 20 units.
Luck went my way this time and I got my Wii! Unfortunately, the woman ahead of me, who had been waiting much longer, didn’t get one. But, I got my system, went home, slept, set it up, and then played. It’s great! Emily and I really, really, really like it. I can’t wait to show everyone! Anyway, that’s my Wii Launch story.
Available right now, download WingNuts from FreeVerse Software. It’s a free, commercial game for the Mac and was made available (for free) just a couple minutes ago. Hope you enjoy it! I can’t wait to test it out.
Only a couple days now! I have no idea what to do. I might try to camp out at Gamestop or Wal-Mart…but if that fails, Amazon will have them that available to order. I just have to time everything well. Wish me luck! Oh, by the way, check out the commercial for the Wii! It looks so good.
“It’s only a video game system!”
Yes, but it’s so much more. It’s my opinion that video games are of equal, if not more, importance as movies or television in terms of entertainment value. The Nintendo Wii lets you do more than just button mashing–it lets you actually swing the remote like a golf club, look around as if it were your eyes, or roll a monkey around in a ball (MonkeyBall!!).
Now, I’m thinking of heading to WalMart on Saturday afternoon to start figuring out how to get one. I know that WalMart is having a midnight release, but I don’t want to wait forever. However, the Wii is going to sell like hotcakes. If anyone sees one, give me a call, pick it up, and I’ll reimburse you. Seriously. I want to have it for Thanksgiving so that I can get my whole family hooked on it. I want my parents to want one, I want Emily’s parents to want one. I want EVERYONE to want one.
You may laugh at me now, but I’m telling you, this thing is cool. It’s get-off-the-couch gaming. It’s fun, nonviolent, interesting, and you can do it with all your friends.
I will keep you up-to-date on my adventures of getting a Wii. Someday, I’m going to figure out how to make posts to the website from my phone, but not yet. Wish me luck!
That’s right, Emily and I won both the awards that we were up for. Emily’s 8 1/2 hours of cake cooking paid off when her team won the “Moraleware” award for the best project that united all the teams together. My time spent on the global warming video was also well rewarded with another trophy for “Netware,” the best use of the Internet to promote your group’s work. All in all, out of 85+ people in the class, our teams of 5 people each (10 total) won 3 out of the 6 awards. Yeah, we’re happy!
We weren’t exactly planning on it, but when Emily and I looked through last week’s coupons, we noticed that Michael’s Arts & Crafts was having a good sale on a 4-ft Christmas tree ($20) with lights. So, we went and picked up some other things along with the tree. Needless to say, it put me in the holiday mood and I eagerly set it up when I got home. As you can see, it has put a certain Fuzz-bucket in the mood for Santa. Pretty cute huh?
First omelettes, now rice crispies–I am trying to learn how to cook, but it sure is slow going. I think these came out well though!
