{"id":760,"date":"2007-08-28T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T19:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/28\/wii-fun\/"},"modified":"2007-08-30T22:10:33","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T06:10:33","slug":"wii-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/28\/wii-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason<\/a> surprised me last weekend with an early Christmas present — a Nintendo Wii. He bought it for us as a “thank you” for helping him with a website for his portfolio and resume. <\/p>\n

We’d first played it when we visited him and AJ at their apartment. It’s the only kind of game console I could ever get Grace to participate in any kind of games. So we thought of getting one (and we might have gotten one already if it hadn’t been so freaking hard to find one). While I enjoy playing games, I am not exactly a game freak like Jason is. So it took me a couple of days to open the package (during which time, Jason kept asking me about it every single day, “did you open it yet, man?”).<\/p>\n

\"Bryan<\/a> <\/p>\n

Once everything’s up, the first customer, naturally, was Bryan. I let him play bowling for about 15 minutes, at the end of which it was nearly impossible to pry his fingers from the WiiMote. So we’ll have to set up rules for Wii time for everybody in the family. While I think games can help hand-eye coordination to a certain degree, I just don’t think it’s a replacement for any kind of outdoor activities that we can also enjoy as a family… But still, the temptation was too great — the thought of being able to hack Wii and program silly stuff for it convinced me that it’s a worthwhile “investment” (thought I didn’t spend a dime).<\/p>\n

So expect to read about Wii hacking and programming in the future I suppose… Good times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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