Gaming

Ranc bought a Nintendo Wii the other day, chipped and everything, ready to run, and let me tell you right off the bat, that thing is FUN. He had gottan a free Xbox 360 from work somehow, and while it had nifty graphics, and some decent enough games (he borrowed 5 games from some dude) it just didn't catch on with either of us. Also, it made a helluva noise, what with the cooler and harddisk in the console.

The Wii, however, doesn't make a sound hardly. And it's smaller, more compact, and has a motion sensitive controller. That's right. Motion sensitive. When I started reading about the Wii back in the days, when the King of Spades was still a knight, and the Queen of Hearts hadn't lost her virginity yet, I was well skeptic about this motion thingy those pesky japanese had invented. "How the hell does it work? I bet it lags something fierce, and doesn't respond well", a then more ignorant version of me was pondering to himself. However, I was positively suprised. That thing is f00king amazing. It's precide and responds to the least of touches. It came with Wii Sports, which is a fun little collection of 5 sports games, all playable with the motion thingy.

Mere minutes after plugging it in and booting it up (a process that went completely problem free) it had already beat the Xbox in amusement points. The Xbox may have superior graphics... same goes for PS3, but the Wii is just too damn cool, and the fun with the motion controller just never really stops. Had a look over the list of games that are out or will be out soon, and my little geeky gamer-brain was overloaded with pictures of me laughing and having fun. Now, the truly enlightened of you will now be thinking: "Wait a cotton picking nanosecond... here I was thinking Dalif was, hands down, the coolest guy on earth, and now he's gone all pear-shaped over a console? This is blasphemy... this is MADNESS". But let me assure you, dearest of readers, I am still the insanely cool and low-key guy you've grown to love and respect and hold dear. I'm just living a boyhood dream of consoles... something I never had. And also, who the hell wants to grow too old for motion sensitive controllers? I mean, they are pretty much the coolest object around. Give the Wii a go sometime. You'll be pleasantly surprised.