“You ready bitch?”

That was the beginning of a conversation I had at 3 am last night. My buddy has just bought a Nintendo Wii and wanted a few of us to come over to play it. For anyone who doesn’t know what a Wii is, just google it because it is really hard to explain… it is a new video game system where you control the on screen actions with your movements, not a typical controller.

He just had sports games, baseball, tennis, bowling, boxing and golf… all which involved movements to have reactions on the screen. I have to say it is so easy to pick up, with everyone mastering the controls in a few minutes. However, the longer you play the more you wish you had a normal controller.

First the screen doesn’t really react to many movements, and being a taller guy compared to the height of the tv I couldn’t play golf because my swing was out of focus. Also there were many problems with the game registering what we were doing. But overall it was an extremely fun experience… however it really made me want to get back to my xbox 360.

I think people play videogames because they don’t have to be active. Almost all the time I’ve played videogames in my life it has been on a couch, eating or being high. I couldn’t see myself jumping around the room with these controllers when I was high or tired. I think I just enjoy the relaxing aspect of being able to sit down and chill with your friends.

While the Wii is fun, I just can’t see myself playing over an hour of football where I have to throw every pass and jump for every catch. So I’ll stick with my lazy video games for now.