Wii: Why Wii Love It
Denver – Good afternoon, everybody! I hope you had a great and safe Memorial weekend. I spent much of the weekend playing golf , eating BBQ and watched Hillary Clinton’s political campaign unfold into a “Denial of the Stubborn .” In fact, I played golf so well over the weekend that I pumped my fist sky-high into the air! And tipped my hat to adoring crowds! And then I challenged Tiger Woods’ to fisticuffs match – and he agreed!
I am not kidding you!
HaHa!
I’m just messin’ with all ya’ll. Can ya dig it? Ya’know what I’m sayin’?
Wii Golf rules!
If you do not have the Nintendo Wii game console yet, then you should think about getting one soon. We bought one recently and since then, I have been playing the Wii non-stop!
The Wii is outrageously addictive!
Well, that’s what the girls are telling me. I mean, they also say things like, “Why can’t we play the Wii? We bought the Wii! The Wii is not a wee game that we got for you to play: it’s a Wii!”
We have had the Wii for a little over a week now and I find the game great fun. I know the girls initially thought the boxing game was easy because they literally had to punch the air with both hands holding Wii handsets. After about a minute of non-stop punching of the air, the girls collapsed in exhaustion.
Ironically, the rationale the girls gave me for buying the Wii is that supposedly, having a Wii is a great way for people to exercise and play video games – simultaneously! When you play Wii baseball, for example, you will find yourself acting like a professional baseball player: you will repeatedly grab/adjust your crotch, spit tobacco juice onto the carpet of the living room, and berate a CPU for a called strike. In fact, I have discovered a term: “Wii arm .”
No, I am not talking about Deafhood Priestesses with handy occupational titles.
HaHa!
I digress.
So .. I don’t want to get into the details of Nintendo’s Wii game console and instead, will give you a few links to check out. In fact, I will post infrequently rare articles updating the Wii Experience for all ya’ll.
Aigh’t?
- Nintendo Wii – Official web site
- Wii Blogs Directory
- FT Tech Magazine – Article discusses upcoming WiiFit game release
- A Blogger’s Review – A woman with a large family’s view of the Wii. Well-written.
Also, I came across an interesting satire this morning about rising gas prices and .. vowels .
Finally, I have been tinkering around with videos to include for Paotie’s Green Couch, and found one that seemed to be pretty good – it even includes its own subtitles. It’s a musical song but that shouldn’t matter: it has subtitles!
Be good .. or be good at it.
Paotie
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Paotie!
At first I thought it was an actual article then read the header and realized oh, the onion! LOL!
The most recent video game console I’ve played with would be the N64. I know right? I love Mario Kart…
-Ben
Ben ..
The “onion”?
HaHa!
We have the Mario Kart thing, with the driving wheel and all that stuff, too. I haven’t played it yet, mostly because I’ve been trying to move my baseball avatar into upper echelons of the “PRO” .. ranking/thingie.
I still much prefer Xbox 360, though. More my type of gaming.
We need another TV, too.
SHHH!!
Paotie
We’re having a pinky party at Candy’s blog. Come on over.
Interesting article! My kid would love to have that, I’m sure. I can see myself using Wii! Awesome.
And Rod is as sexy as ever….well at least in this video he is.
His song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” is a good one to listen to! Whoo! Sexy!
Ohh, don’t say that!
My husband and the girls are addicted to the Wii since we purchased few weeks after the unveiled day. Whew…barely!
They absolutely love to play “Zelda”. They extremely are excited that there will be a big movie coming up, I think.
They also love to play the Super Mario game.
Wow. So i’m missing out if i dont buy Wii?
LOL I guess I’m old fashioned!
-Ben
You WII!
I WII!
Geo WII”S!
If you get Super Smash Bros Brawl we can beat the hell out of each other online!
You down?
Oh, Gawd, this is where I’m really really out of the loop. Wii games?
Whatever happened to REAL golf? There are real tee-off times and besides you get the fresh air and change of scenery. REAL baseball with spit on the ball and bases to cover with a dust-up and cussing the baseman? There are leagues out there that one can join. Geez.
Well, so many things one can do in one day, and I certainly don’t have the kind of time to spend on Wii games, sorry, fellas. I guess Wii is the “future” of indoor sports.
Ann ..
Well, in my world, the Wii is good fun. It’s mostly the girls’ toy more so than mine.
The good thing about the Wii is that it also demonstrated to the girls some of the things about golf that make it fascinating, such as adjusting for the wind on approaches, and the importance of reading greens. Not only that, the game demonstrates what “bogeys” and “pars” and “eagles” are, too. The girls also learned the importance of yardage, although the game doesn’t adjust for individual club selections (there’s only a driver, an iron and a putter).
You play much golf, Ann?
Paotie
I think Ann that Wii is now the thing because gas prices are making it impossible to just take a drive to the nearest golf course and do some golfing. It’s like sacrificing a month’s worth of meals…
However, like you, I’d give up a month’s worth of food just to have fun somewhere else other than my house. lol
Gas sucks. I miss New York.
-Ben
Ben ..
Pfft! It doesn’t have to be just Wii to help conserve gas: there’s always a blog or two to check out, ya’know? Like yours!
Or Abbie’s! Or Seek Geo’s! Or White Ghost’s!
Paotie
They should invent Wii-cycle
That just might give me the ammunition to trade in my mountain bike tires for street tires and whiz right to work in my stilettos…
OR
I could buy a moped! At this rate, what I pay for gas will have it paid off in three months
WG has a blog?! WHERE!?
Tell me!!!
It wasn’t an order…….Just asking….
Hell! Tell me!
I used to play golf, Paotie, til my back gave out, never mind when. As for Wii golf games, ONLY a driver, an iron and putter? I mean there are short irons and all kinds of putters. And the Big Bertha, who could compete with that ‘un? There was a difference with woods.
I had a great drive shot with a long iron, believe it or not, but was lousy at chipping, dawg, and I could read greens better than my old man, who BTW played in amateur golf competitions (think Torrey Pines, et al) and could hit 75′s scores consistently. Chipping can screw a good golfer, because chipping terrain changes from one golf course to another.
Occasionally I go out to a drive range to hit a bucket of balls, but it’s not the same as being able to do 18 holes.
Ben, doing 18 holes is far better exercise than a Wii game any day. If you’re talking about NYC, are there really golf courses nearby that you can commute to with a golf bag by subway? I’m trying to visualize this ‘un.
LOL @ Abbie about the moped.
Don’t mopeds need gas too?
I want a subway, like my own train! I want all kinds of people riding with me everywhere I go. When I’m home, them people can sit in that train and wait until I’m ready to go out again!
Ben
LOL! Well you see, in New York there’s transportation to anywhere in the world you want to go. take the train to JFK and ride a plane to Scotland for their fabled greens?
No car!
Too cold? How about miami? Take the same train to JFK or LaGuardia and catch a plane to Miami…Literally, anywhere in the world!!!
-Ben
WG, you sneak, you have a BLOG?
Abbie, LOL! A moped instead of a quadped, er, car. I know, where I’m at gas is now 4.13/gal. Now I’m counting gallons, not dollars– makes a difference. We’re paying close to $350/mo on gas. Time for Detroit to start thinking seriously about alternative fuels or even an entirely different energy-driven technology.
There already are alternatives, they refuse to adjust. In the last quarter, the oil companies reaped in more than $40 billion dollars in profits…
The strangest thing is, oil production rates has been decreasing 4% every year since the 70′s. How can you be making more money now with less oil than 30 years ago? There’s a car that goes 230MPG the aptera.
http://www.aptera.com
I think this is a bit too late–we’re going to see some serious chaos before we finally wean off our dependency on oil.
I don’t know how I know all this stuff, LOL!
-Ben
No! No! No!
White Ghost doesn’t have a blog YET.
She should, though!
Ben, how do you take a train from NYC to London, then? What if we went to see the opera in London?!
I’d rather have a UFO like the one in the movie, Independence Day.
Yah! That way, I could fly around the universe, zapping asteroids, collecting extra lives and dancing like Napolean Dynamite.
Paotie
Ah there’s the odd shit going on now between NYC and London. An artist somehow made a telescope where you look in and you’ll see people in London! Word has it that the telescopes in the two cities are connected by fiberoptics wire…
So, New York and London are connected somehow…
Trains will be next!
-ben
Abbie ..
You might want to consider getting one of these. (Hover the mouse over the link)
Ben ..
The Apera looks nice but I really don’t want to look like a crushed kayak at a stop-light after a little old lady driving a Monster Truck travels over and atop me.
Good idea, though!
Paotie
Ben ..
Underground trains from London to NYC??
I dunno ’bout that. What about Submersible Human Torpedoes?!
Yah! There’s an idea that might catch on! People could launch themselves from NYC to London underwater in Submersible Human Torpedoes that travel in excess of 100 MPH! And they could be stocked with a wet bar, a bartender (of your likening) and a fluffly pillow!
Paotie
Paotie!
Segways are illegal in some cities…I recall hearing of an incident where an old lady ran over some people with a segway because she couldn’t stop it… LOL!
That Crushed up kayak could take you across the United States on one tank full of gas…Just food for thought…By the time you’re at the stop light, that monster truck won’t have enough gas to run you over LOLOLOL
-Ben
Ben,
Why yes, the moped do suck up gas too! Not as much as my gas guzzling SOB, I mean SUV is sucking my checking account dry! Eek!
I think Honda is coming out with Hydrogen powered cars called FCX clarity but guess what you need to make hydrogen? Natural gas! Sheesh… We cannot win without being screwed… I’m telling ya!
Ann, i’m moaning at 3.81 here! This is nuts! However, I think I might retract my original request for mopeds. I decided I want a Segway dammit! 24 miles on a SINGLE battery charge! No gas! Its green! Its upright!
I just have to install blinking lights and a wide load sign across my bum so people won’t hit me…
http://www.segway.com/
LOL!!! Great minds think alike!
Abbie and Ben ..
Well, apparently, hybrids can be harmful to blind people, according to some reports. Here’s one.
I dunno.
Paotie
Instant fix!
Cow bells!
Cowbells??
No way! People would begin complaining about silly things like, “noise pollution is harmful to people!”
Boy, hearing people are weird sometimes, ya’know?
I’m glad I’m deaf.
Paotie
Jingle bells then?
Ah, well, it’s true, Segways are banned in some areas. My hubby contemplated a similar idea, this after having to take a subway first from a park n’ go (still have to drive a car to the park n’ go from home), then take a motorized skatebike to work the few blocks from the subway. Well, LOL, he says it’s a different story going from work to home, ya hafta dodge the homeless sleeping on the streets and the muggers if you’re on a motorized skatebike. Not to mention this is Hollywood, folks.
The Wii console and games are great. Wait til you try the Wii Fit. It has slalom and skiing! Right down your alley!
Jingle bells??
So, everyday is gonna be Christmas?! Christmas in May?!
Why don’t we just vote to use commercial-grade air horns?
Yah!
Paotie
I like wii! I love wii! I really like wii!
Um.. Wii, the video console I’m talking about, you naughty naughty!! We bought Wii about last year and I think Jes love it too much more than I do but I do enjoy playing every now and then especially bowling and tennis.
I really WANT is Xbox 360 but just haven’t gotten around to it to buy cuz the price is still a bit too high *sighs*
I agree playing Wii is a great way to exercise rather than sitting in front of TV and let your thumbs do all the work like Xbox and PS.
-SG
I know! I know!
Make it a law that the blind must have a dog.
Segways and dogs!
Then the electric car won’t be a hazard?
-ben
Doc Boomer ..
Skiing for the Wii??
That’s a whole lotta work goin’ on there with that game, man. I dunno ’bout that but it sounds like good fun!
The boxing game is tiring! Geesh!
Paotie
What a gas, folks! I haven’t laughed so hard in such a long time.
Seriously, the gas situation is becoming serious and Hollywood has its component of craziness that borders on well, craziness.
Seek Geo ..
That’s the fun of Xbox360 – sitting on the bum and letting your thumbs do the work! I loved Abe’s World – that was the best game of all time, IMHO. I mean, there’s been lots better since, but Abe’s World rules.
Got a favorite PS or Xbox game?
Paotie
Deaf Boomer,
“Seriously”? A Wii Fit for slalom and skiing? Where can I get THAT? Yer talking about powder style skiing? Cri-mi-nee sakes, CHRISTMAS IN JULY??? Gimme! I wanna know all about that, dude.
Paotie,
Oh.. never heard of Abe’s World, it looks interesting! I gotta check into this more. Hate to say this.. I’m no fan of PS, no way!! I’m all for Nintendo and Xbox!
So, my favorite game of all time for Xbox is HALO!! Halo rocks! The first thing when I buy 360, I will buy Halo 3 right away, no question!
Again.. Halo rocks!! Ok, I shut up.
-SG
I have a lot on my plate now, so I am not going to be around much.
But I can say that my children LLLLOOVVVEEES Wii.
First we bought EyeToy (Playstation) years ago… before Wii came out and they enjoyed it. Of course, Wii beats EyeToy… much better graphics.
We also have GameCube. But we don’t have Xbox and we have no plans on buying one.
Darn.
Boy, I missed the party last nite.
Let’s have a pep rally.
Blog! Blog! Blog! WG! Blog! Blog! Blog!
That’s your job for chanting so loud!
A friend sent me this.
Don’t try this at home, Okay.
here it is:
http://www.vkmag.com/videos/videos_mobiele_telefoons_zijn_evil/
It was nice to meeting you, Green Monster from the UFO.
There’s an application via Wii to learn ASL and BSL,if only somone would take this up and develop it… Deaf ASL users could have a version where they bash the CI and oral Users lol….. (So long as I can have a version where you can ‘shave the beard’ off Mr Ladd)….
MM