Way back in November I told you about the WiiFit and how I hoped we had managed to snag a Wii before it was available in the United States because I thought it looked fabulous. At that time I was hoping to see the Wii Fit in January or February -lol- It’s April now holey schmoley!
Anyhow Wii Fit will be a reality soon and you can pre-order for the May 21, 2008 release date here in the states. Woohoo! If we weren’t moving and pinching pennies right now I would seriously consider putting in a preorder for one. I think it’s going to be a great product for the Wii and it is definitely going to make people think differently about Nintendo.
You know how when someone falls into a deep dark pit of addiction to things like drugs or alcohol you do an intervention and you help them get through it, convince them to attend AA meetings, or get some kind of drug treatment. Ever thought we needed intervention for computer game addicts too!? Well wonder no more. There are actual treatment centers for this growing epidemic!
Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs — and just as hard to kick, says Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants.
Do you know the signs and symptoms? The experts say….
Symptoms of addiction are easy to spot, Bakker says. Parents should take notice if a child neglects usual activities, spends several hours at a time with the computer and has no social life.
Um, met any teenagers lately?! That’s got to be at least half of the teenager population these days. Of course this doesn’t apply just to kids and teens, adults get sucked into the video game world too! (glances at husband playing World of Warcraft….)
The first round of play on the Wii has commenced. I snuck around the corner and snapped a few pictures of Lucas playing Mario Party 8!
It always amazes me how they boys just naturally fall into a video game, even when it’s something new. He did really good and didn’t even really need instructions the booger head. Meanwhile here’s me reading how to work the goofy new controller LOL
Brian tried the boxing on the Wii Sports that comes with the game console. He loved it. He came into the office looking a little sweaty when he was done -lol- I guess it really can be exercise if you want it to be. I still want to the get the Wii Fit that I talked about before, and now that I actually have a Wii, I can get one! LOL Amazon says they are still unavailable, I thought they were supposed to be available in January, it looks like another long Wii waiting period…. although it looks like it was released in Japan already so hopefully soon in the US too.
Went into Sam’s Club to get dish soap tabs and energy saver lightbulbs and came out with those plus ……….. a Wii! They had 5 left and I snagged one. Total fluke that they had them.
We ended up getting Guitar Hero the other night after trying several times at Target and Toys R Us over the past few months. I popped into Toys R Us this morning because the lady had told me they expected a shipment today. They got 86 of them and sold them all in one hour. Nuts!?!
So we got a Wii. And now I feel guilty for spending money that was supposed to go into the savings account (cause we had already spent most of our Wii saved money on Guitar Hero….) But hey how many chances do you get in life? Hard to believe this thing has been out for like a year and people are still getting up at 6 am and waiting for stores to open to get them. Crazy.
I was just looking at pics of broken tv sets and wii remotes flying in all kinds of directions on the net the other day. Does your home owner insurance cover Wii accidents? I’m scared …. I need to check the warranty on the new TV before the kids play, we don’t have any insurance or anything so I wonder if we’re covered for accidents on the 1 year warranty… I think they have the wrist straps in the box of remotes we got, if not we’ll be getting some of those pronto!
Blizzard Entertainment announced recently that the amount of World of Warcraft (WoW) players is now more than 10 million players. The breakdown of where those players come from is what’s most interesting to me.
Over 2 million players are from Europe, 2.5 million players from north America and 5.5 Million from Asia. WoW started in the end of 2004 and is now on of the most popular online game ever.
The in game rumors say that Asian players are the best of the best and take the gaming experience the most seriously. I’m not sure what prompts that stereotype … maybe they are more serious than we are about their video game experience, or maybe we’re just too easily distracted by other things.
I’m sure economy has an impact on the number of players from a region as well. For a lot of people the $15 a month fee to play is just too much to squeeze into the budget. It was a definitely a large factor in my turning my account off several months ago. I just turned the account back on for my oldest son to be able to play again, we got him some game cards for Christmas to fund the account with. I still haven’t gone back to playing yet myself. I’m not sure what it is that has me turned off about it, I just don’t feel like playing anymore and I haven’t for months.
I think my husband and son have spent hours on YouTube watching these crazy things this week. (They’ve been home sick.) I can’t imagine the amount of time it takes to make one little video and getting everything to match up to the music just right. Some of these WoW music and action videos are really well put together. I tried to help the guys make one, but I lost patience with it after about 15 minutes. Apparently I am not a video director … go figure.
Spending too much time playing WoW?? You better spring some cash and at least get some wholesale flowers for the wife before she disables your account. She knows the password ….. real flowers that grow in the ground, not the kind you buy from the shady dealer.
The holidays are coming up and there have been so many toy recalls that parents heads are spinning. I bet the market research department at the video game companies are just over joyed with the thought of all these other toy recalls! The thought of video games and mindless hours in front of the television is definitely better in comparison to a toy induced coma from aquadots or serious lead poisoning from your toy car! Bring on the video games!
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