Jordan Independent - Wiiiii!!!! - Comments

I’ve come pretty close to

Brandon — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:25:13 -0500

I’ve come pretty close to buying a Wii myself in the past few weeks. My girlfriend and I visited some friends who had a Wii, and it was a blast. The only bad part was the sore arms I had the next day from bowling, tennis and baseball. I’ve resisted the Wii temptation so far, but I don’t know how long that’ll last.

I'm not a big Wii fan. My

Mathias Baden — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:03:51 -0500

I'm not a big Wii fan. My Xbox suits me just fine. Last Sunday, I got a ride home from a friend and we played some "Halo 2" -- ancient, I know. It was my biggest night ever! I beat my friend, Chuck, and my darling wife in three straight games.

My wife went to bed at midnight, and Chuck and I decided to play one last game. Unlimited kills. The game ended at 4 a.m., when we realized how late it was.

I was leading 140-40. He says he had 48 kills, but I would contend that the final eight kills were probably done while I was in the kitchen getting a before-bed snack.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I played Wii with my best

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:23:18 -0500

I played Wii with my best friend and my 14-year-old niece and I unabashedly got my behind whipped -- in baseball, bowling and tennis. I'm just grateful that my friend's 8-year-old and 12-year-old sons weren't home at the time or pain medication would have been necessary, I'm sure.

I've never really owned a video game system -- unless Pong counts. My mom had the one with the Mario Bros. and Duck Hunter games on it (I can't remember whose system that is!) until my brother gave her his PlayStation when he got PlayStation 2.

This summer, my niece spent about a month at my brother's house in Louisiana -- after our trip to my friend's house -- and she talked him into buying a Wii to help keep her entertained while he was at work. She wasn't, however, able to convince him to let her take it back to Indiana with her. She didn't get PS 2 either.

Right now, I'm world champion in my household for the computer games of Mahjong and Poppit. Nobody has to know that nobody else at my house plays these games.

I wish Blockbuster still

bhall09 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:21:39 -0500

I wish Blockbuster still did the "rent-a-system" thing because I would really like to try it out. I am interested in trying one out, but I dont' want to go out and plop all that money down on something I haven't played.

Of course, there in lies the problem, I really should plop ANy money down on a game system. Hard to justify spending that kind of money when I don't play as often anymore anyway.

Still, I would love to have the chance to try it out a few times.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

Wiiiii!!!!

shawn hogendorf — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:21:03 -0500