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Xmas/Wii Waffling
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Sunday, 24-December-2006 18:19:26 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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I had some fun on Friday, attending SecretNet's 10th Birthday celebrations (and seeing Andypoo, back from Estonia/Skype for Christmas). Quite a few people turned up, fun was had, with lots of pizza and prizes:
    
More interestingly, a Nintendo Wii was set up on a projector and everyone had a go on the various games. I sucked at the tennis game, did OK at ten-pin bowling and won my only go on the (knitted cow?!) racing game. So the simulations seem pretty accurate. :)
  
But as a veteran of many PC-based LAN parties and more recently plenty of Xbox parties, it's amazing how different the Wii makes things. I'm used to burrowing into the sofa or a comfy PC chair, snacks and energy drinks at the ready, and not moving from that spot for hours, apart from controlling keyboard/mouse or gamepad.
But the Wii of course has a controller you actually move in 3 dimensions to play games with. So we were standing, flinging our arms around in tennis, moving around acting out our best bowling style, etc. It's a very different experience and, while the number of games (at least, that I saw) seems a bit limited at the moment, with weather forecasts and even forum-capable web browsing available already, it's quite a neat little box. But more importantly, it's an oddball success like Nintendo's DS, which through games like Brain Training has managed to snare some non-traditional customers - including my parents! I can really imagine families having a go at playing some of the Wii games together on Xmas morning.
 
Anyway, this isn't meant to be a big Nintendo ad. :) This has been a bit of a strange year, and next year will be even more of a challenge given my wife and I are expecting our first child literally any day now. It might get a little quiet around here for the next few days. So, I hope you all have a great Xmas, enjoy your holiday, travel safe and let's hope 2007 turns out to be a great one.
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