After a weekend of playing Nintendo Wii

I was all against it... the whole two controller deal and moving around with your character. My argument, since the Nintendo Wii came out during the Christmas holidays, was:"Playing video games is supposed to be relaxing!! I don't want to start jumping around and shit! I'm on my feet almost 8 hours a night at work!!! YEEEESH!!"

Well, after being introduced to it this weekend... I am, of course, hooked!

Remember when you were a kid (if you were born in the early 1980's, yes, I've gotten old enough to refer to my year of birth as a close to extinct generation... *le sigh*), and Nintendo FIRST came out?? You would get Super Mario and Duckhunt as a package deal. Well, I think the Wii has given me a nostalgic feeling bringing me back to those days. Why? Well, I remember playing Super Mario and everytime I would make Mario jump I would move my arms in the same direction Mario was jumping - thinking that the constant movement of my arms with the hands on the controller would "help" Mario get to that one block ledge. LOL! And I also remember being completely into Duckhunt standing with my gun and moving around to get all the ducks. I even remember trying to shoot the dog that would laugh at me when I missed... why couldn't we shoot that dog!?!

Well, with the Wii, you can do all these child-like movements but do WAY cooler things!! And the whole addition of creating your own Mii character... Tres Cool!! I'm loving it!! I have played all the sports games and I'm totally losing myself in Twilight Princess. The speaker that is built in one of your controllers makes using your bow and arrow addictive!

And for those men out there who need a little trimmin'... trust me, a few days with a Wii and you feel a workout. You even get the Wii Sports games to give you a fitness test!! LOL!! My biceps hurts man... I'm ready to take on any fool tonight at work!!

No! Really... I mean it worked for this guy:

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