Wii Rock
So I sold that laptop for $1000. Hooray, money!
I then proceeded to wait in lines for a combined 8 hours to purchase a Wii. I’ve played it a bit so far and can honestly say it is a really cool system. Wii sports will really get you moving, but Zelda you can play laying down which is nice, it shows the range of game play. I don’t think I’d like having to be standing and swinging my sword vigorously for 60 hours or however long Zelda: Twilight Princess takes to beat. But on the other hand, you can really get into it with bowling where you pretty much have to stand as if you’re really bowling to play. I also just ordered my replacement straps from Nintendo (they had a recall because straps would break sending the remote sailing through your TV.) Let me suggest if you also have a Wii that you get your straps replaced.
I’ve been holding off on playing it too much because of exams, but those are almost over. I also handed in my art printing class prints, I finished 4 new original prints in the past two days, though two of those were “mono prints” which take less time. It was a lot of work. I’ll scan them and put them up after I get them back on Monday (I think I get them back then.)
I’m excited, Eragon is out in theaters and I would love to see it. The books have their problems, but an awesome movie with a dragon as a main character in main-stream media is rare. I’ll probably be going tonight to see it, but if not, it will be soon.
And one last snippet of news from my life, I’m headed to Abbotsford near Vancouver to see Kess. I’m excited, it’s been a long time since we’ve last seen each other. I leave on the 26th of December and get back on the 6th of January. I’ll miss my brother’s birthday by a couple days so will have to remember to call, but hopefully there will be cake left when I get back.
I invite anyone interested to play a Missile Commander type game I created called DarkSkyFire. It is amusing, hopefully you enjoy it. The purpose was to finish it quickly, it took a total of 24 hours to polish and completely finish. Jeff Cliff might be porting it to Linux. Press space or enter to bring up a buy menu and to pause the game.