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I’m jealous. How did you find one?
They are impossible to track down in my area.
Twice in the past week I’ve hit up every single place in Charlottesville that hypothetically sells Wiis. Yesterday, at my fifth stop on my rounds, I found one.
NOT FAIR! :)
We got one 2 weeks ago (Rob only had to stand in line outside Circuit City for 45 minutes). I’m not a video game person and I love it. Isn’t it a blast? Now, if only we could find some place in Richmond that isn’t sold out of remotes…
How’s this for pathetic: My biceps, shoulders and back are all sore from playing Wii Sports. It’s the boxing game that really does it, I think, but the tennis is no help, either. I feel like I just had a tough workout at the gym yesterday…but I was only playing video games. :)
I was unconvinced about the coolness of the Wii — all the games sounded pretty lame (I hate sports-themed video games). Then I found out there is a version of “Wario Ware” for the Wii. I must play this.
I hate sports-themed video games
I do, too — or at least I thought I did. But these things are just plain fun.
I’ll admit, my girlfriend and I stood in line for most of the night to get one the first day (I make videogames professionally, if that makes it any more defensible).
As for the sore arm and back, it’s pretty common. I think a lot of people flail about in ways that are actually bad for their body until they get used to it, judging entirely on the really fit people I know who also complained of soreness.
Anyway, it’s funny to me to see the middling reviews for Wii Sports in the gaming rags. I think the game’s influence will be felt for years. Not because it’s so much better than anything else for those of us who are videogamers, but because its widespread appeal is amazing. Every other person with a Wii has stories about how their entire family gets into Wii Sports. I’ve yet to introduce my own parents to it, but that should be coming soon.
Anyway, great fun! I’m currently trying to go over 200 reliably in bowling, and trying to get my tennis score up to 2000. I’ve just started getting into boxing. For a long time, I’d ignored it in favor of tennis and bowling.
Oh, and before you invest in 4 wiimotes (not that you were about to, necessarily), I suggest you ensure that you have space for four people flailing wildly. Those things are too expensive to purchase, only to find out that there’s no space.
Words cannot truly grasp the level of jealousy I have towards you right now. I have to fight the well-informed (at least for the Wii, it seems) VCU crowd at every possible location.
Well Joe, Kenton, if it makes you feel any better, I’m playing it on a 19″ TV on a 2′ high TV stand. I feel like I’m boxing a leprechaun.
I just laughed IRL. Especially with your height, that does make it better.
I had a Wii for about three weeks before realizing that I play video games to unwind and that the Wii was diametrically opposed to that. Off to eBay it went!
That’s really interesting, Will. It hadn’t crossed my mind that the Wii really could be pretty bad for that purpose. When I set up my Wii I plugged it into the TV’s Aux. 2 input, not wanting to remove the PlayStation 2 — perhaps I share your reluctance? Or maybe I just really want to beat Katamari Damacy and continue to occasionally fire up GTA:VC just to shoot people. :) GTA being a vice that, if I recall correctly, is thanks to you, Will. :)
oh excellent! Tennis and boxing are great, but as Will said, it’s not especially unwinding (it’s pretty easy to work up a sweat in boxing). But that’s why I also bought A Link to the Past from the Virtual Console — now I have the best of both worlds.
I’m jealous. How did you find one?
They are impossible to track down in my area.
Twice in the past week I’ve hit up every single place in Charlottesville that hypothetically sells Wiis. Yesterday, at my fifth stop on my rounds, I found one.
NOT FAIR! :)
We got one 2 weeks ago (Rob only had to stand in line outside Circuit City for 45 minutes). I’m not a video game person and I love it. Isn’t it a blast? Now, if only we could find some place in Richmond that isn’t sold out of remotes…
How’s this for pathetic: My biceps, shoulders and back are all sore from playing Wii Sports. It’s the boxing game that really does it, I think, but the tennis is no help, either. I feel like I just had a tough workout at the gym yesterday…but I was only playing video games. :)
I was unconvinced about the coolness of the Wii — all the games sounded pretty lame (I hate sports-themed video games). Then I found out there is a version of “Wario Ware” for the Wii. I must play this.
I do, too — or at least I thought I did. But these things are just plain fun.
I’ll admit, my girlfriend and I stood in line for most of the night to get one the first day (I make videogames professionally, if that makes it any more defensible).
As for the sore arm and back, it’s pretty common. I think a lot of people flail about in ways that are actually bad for their body until they get used to it, judging entirely on the really fit people I know who also complained of soreness.
Anyway, it’s funny to me to see the middling reviews for Wii Sports in the gaming rags. I think the game’s influence will be felt for years. Not because it’s so much better than anything else for those of us who are videogamers, but because its widespread appeal is amazing. Every other person with a Wii has stories about how their entire family gets into Wii Sports. I’ve yet to introduce my own parents to it, but that should be coming soon.
Anyway, great fun! I’m currently trying to go over 200 reliably in bowling, and trying to get my tennis score up to 2000. I’ve just started getting into boxing. For a long time, I’d ignored it in favor of tennis and bowling.
Oh, and before you invest in 4 wiimotes (not that you were about to, necessarily), I suggest you ensure that you have space for four people flailing wildly. Those things are too expensive to purchase, only to find out that there’s no space.
Words cannot truly grasp the level of jealousy I have towards you right now. I have to fight the well-informed (at least for the Wii, it seems) VCU crowd at every possible location.
Well Joe, Kenton, if it makes you feel any better, I’m playing it on a 19″ TV on a 2′ high TV stand. I feel like I’m boxing a leprechaun.
I just laughed IRL. Especially with your height, that does make it better.
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I had a Wii for about three weeks before realizing that I play video games to unwind and that the Wii was diametrically opposed to that. Off to eBay it went!
That’s really interesting, Will. It hadn’t crossed my mind that the Wii really could be pretty bad for that purpose. When I set up my Wii I plugged it into the TV’s Aux. 2 input, not wanting to remove the PlayStation 2 — perhaps I share your reluctance? Or maybe I just really want to beat Katamari Damacy and continue to occasionally fire up GTA:VC just to shoot people. :) GTA being a vice that, if I recall correctly, is thanks to you, Will. :)
oh excellent! Tennis and boxing are great, but as Will said, it’s not especially unwinding (it’s pretty easy to work up a sweat in boxing). But that’s why I also bought A Link to the Past from the Virtual Console — now I have the best of both worlds.
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