My experience with Wii

I’ve never been a big fan of video games. While I grew up playing Pac-Man on Atari and Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo, for the most I think they’re a big waste of time. However, I recently had an opportunity to play Nintendo’s latest gaming system, Wii, and had a blast. Wii’s trademark is its wireless controls, which allow players to control the action on the screen by movement. My experience was limited only to the sports games that are included with the system (boxing, baseball, golf, bowling and tennis), but playing them was a freakin’ blast. And a workout, too! I was actually sore the next day, which has more to do with how out of shape I am than the workout the game offers. Still, Wii can be viewed as a promotion of exercise, which, considering how lazy we are is a good thing. I’m probably not going to go out and drop $300 on a Wii, but will play it every chance I get. Now, if there was just something we could do about the horribly violent video games available to kids of all ages … jw