DIGIVANGELIST
The Nintendo Wii:
The game Wii Sports is not only a fun game for the family but you can actually get some exercise. In this game you can do fitness test to determine your Wii age and if you don’t exercise your character gets fat. The interesting thing is this gaming system is not just for kids; you can host a bowling party or play a game of tennis or my favorite, baseball. I had a chance to play against my son and the DigiPostle and while my son plays a lot more than me, and the DigiPostle grew up during the boom of video games, I still knocked more balls out of the Wii park then those two combined. When gaming systems first came out the only thing that you exercised were your thumbs, but I recently read an article about a girl that lost 80 pounds because of Dance Dance Revolution. While you should not let your children veg-out on video games all day, it is nice that they get some exercise during their gaming sessions.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Yeah. We have come a long way since the ol Tandy computers of the 70′s. It seems to keep getting better every year.
Ciao for now,
December 13th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Sega Genesis wa sthe best. Sonic the Hedgehog all the way. Mario is for babies!!
December 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Pong! Go pong!
December 14th, 2007 at 12:57 am
I’m with you Barn. Pong was revolutionary
December 14th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Rip Van Wrinkle played a bowling type game called nine-pins on the grass with strange men. While video games are fun, playing baseball with older women when I was a teenager and running for one of them because she could hit but not run are nice memories of a cool summer evening with the sound of laughter and the baseball hitting the glove, “You’re Out!” and “She can’t hit!”
December 14th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
I agree…as long as steroids weren’t involved.