Our friend Lori had a Christmas party last night and it was a really fun evening. One of the highlights of the evening was playing with their new Wii system.
I hadn't paid a whole lot of attention to the hype about Wii (which seems like a really stupid name). It seemed like another one of those staged shortages to drive up Christmas demand for a toy or game. And I was vaguely aware that the control uses some kind of motion sensing, rather than just a joystick and buttons.
Lori and Mike had the Sports Wii set up, and it was awesome. There's a great bowling game, with graphics of the alley. You can use arrow keys to position your virtual self, to adjust for your own swing. And then you raise your arm, do a real bowling swing, and release a trigger to send the ball down the alley. The play is pretty realistic, and the learning curve isn't at all steep. The kids (as young as 7) were playing the grown-ups (up to 60+) and we all won some and lost some.
The kids got upset, though, when the grown-ups started playing with the tennis game, and played a foursome right there in the living room. I didn't try that one, but it was fun to watch.
In both games, you actually have to move to play, so you can actually get some exercise. Lori said she broke a sweat playing tennis!
Lori also had lots of great food and drink (including my antipasto salad and ample non-alcoholic beverages), and there was a Chinese gift exchange. It was good fun all around -- and it somehow felt less guilty to have a few cookies after a game of bowling!
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