I didn't grow up with video games.
I hardly even had friends that had video games.
I stink at playing video games.
I hate video games.
I admit that I am one of those people who believed that video games are evil, plain and simple. They are mind sucking, time wasting, loser making toys that are not necessary for anything.
Then I met Nintendo Wii.
And it was L O V E
Here's why I love the Wii
You actually move around while playing Wii games. My first exposure to Wii was Wii Bowling, and I won, and I loved it. Then we played all sorts of Wii Sports and I worked up a major sweat, and I loved it.
Also, all the Wii games I ever played were family friendly, so it was more like sitting down and playing a board game.
Of course I learned that Wii does have certain games that I hate, which I will not name because the list would be too long, but let's just say, if it's not family friendly and or not making you move around, then I have very strong negative feelings for it.
So (more story telling before I get to the point) during Christmas break while Skylar and I were visiting Utah, we spent much of the time playing the Wii because we did not have a vehicle and no one was very keen on either chauffeuring us around or letting us borrow their car, and there wasn't much else to do as our families left for work or school or whatever else they did during their normal lives.
And we had fun, and I truly realized that maybe some video games are not so bad. And maybe it might be nice to play a Wii game instead of Rumikub, Scrabble or Monopoly (because those are basically the only games we have).
We got some money for Christmas.
But I'm still too cheap to cave in.
So the deal maker was this:
Skylar gets points on Lexis Nexis (a law search engine). Every day that he does research he gets 15 points, plus more bonus points for other various and random reasons. He can buy things with his points through Lexis Nexis. So, we saved up enough points to buy an Amazon gift card to pay for our Wii (we did have to supplement a little with our Christmas money, thanks Grandma and Grandpa).
So, it came in the mail today. And we've bowled, and played tennis, and I lost everything, and I laughed.
The end.
I hardly even had friends that had video games.
I stink at playing video games.
I hate video games.
I admit that I am one of those people who believed that video games are evil, plain and simple. They are mind sucking, time wasting, loser making toys that are not necessary for anything.
Then I met Nintendo Wii.
And it was L O V E
Here's why I love the Wii
You actually move around while playing Wii games. My first exposure to Wii was Wii Bowling, and I won, and I loved it. Then we played all sorts of Wii Sports and I worked up a major sweat, and I loved it.
Also, all the Wii games I ever played were family friendly, so it was more like sitting down and playing a board game.
Of course I learned that Wii does have certain games that I hate, which I will not name because the list would be too long, but let's just say, if it's not family friendly and or not making you move around, then I have very strong negative feelings for it.
So (more story telling before I get to the point) during Christmas break while Skylar and I were visiting Utah, we spent much of the time playing the Wii because we did not have a vehicle and no one was very keen on either chauffeuring us around or letting us borrow their car, and there wasn't much else to do as our families left for work or school or whatever else they did during their normal lives.
And we had fun, and I truly realized that maybe some video games are not so bad. And maybe it might be nice to play a Wii game instead of Rumikub, Scrabble or Monopoly (because those are basically the only games we have).
We got some money for Christmas.
But I'm still too cheap to cave in.
So the deal maker was this:
Skylar gets points on Lexis Nexis (a law search engine). Every day that he does research he gets 15 points, plus more bonus points for other various and random reasons. He can buy things with his points through Lexis Nexis. So, we saved up enough points to buy an Amazon gift card to pay for our Wii (we did have to supplement a little with our Christmas money, thanks Grandma and Grandpa).
So, it came in the mail today. And we've bowled, and played tennis, and I lost everything, and I laughed.
The end.
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