“I’d Rather be Reading Jane Austen”

At work, when we do introductions in meetings and such, we often have a funny or amusing question that goes along with the standard name, how long you’ve been there, and what you do.. One of my favorites has always been “How many five year olds could you take in a fight” — to which I always answered about 10 – 12.. Well, now I know the real answer:

That’s right, yesterday I bit the bullet and went out and bought a Nintendo Wii. I’ve wanted one for quite some time, but they’re still nearly impossible to find out here on the west coast. I waited in line for about an hour at my local Toys R Us store yesterday morning at 9am, and received the 22nd of 24 Wii’s the store received that day. A few more minutes, and I may not have been so lucky.

In any event, let me say, that the game system lives up to the hype. Miss Possible and I spent nearly the entire day yesterday playing Wii Sports. We created out Mii’s and faced off in every game (including Boxing), but Bowling & Tennis are by far our favorites thus far.

We’ve yet to figure out the “flick of the wrist thing” and needed to move the ottoman & coffee table out of the way in order to jump onto the Tennis Court yesterday afternoon. I know that I’m a little stiff this morning from the action and Miss Possible felt sore last night.. I guess that shows how out of shape we are.

But, the Wii is a lot of fun. The graphics aren’t even a quarter as good as that of the 360 or the new Playstaion 3.. but I’ve never had so much fun playing a video game. I’m looking forward to some of the other games including Zelda or Super Paper Mario. Leave it to Nintendo, to come up with something so fun and exciting as the Wii.