Wii Review and a Wedding

My brother and his girl got married this past weekend. They met in 5th grade and finally decided to tie the knot. So, congratulations to them. The wedding was pretty normal with the exception of the Bride's sister drawing a penis on the window of their getaway car in shoe polish. It became even more funny when the guests started to arrive, and began taking pictures of the car's window before the ceremony. Ah...classic.

In the past few weeks, my wife and I bought a Wii. I must say, this thing is pretty freakin' cool. I'm not a huge gamer by any means, although I do tend to play more in the Winter months when there's less to do outside. The Wii brings a new level of entertainment to your living room. Being able to interact with the console itself, and watch your player respond to your movements is pretty neat to see. Its accuracy is damn near spot on. So far, we have bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing, and golf. And every game is fun in it's own way. My wife and I played baseball last night and I woke up with sore arms from swinging too much. I hate playing golf in real life, but playing it on the Wii is pretty fun. Not to mention the fact, that you can download all of the original Nintendo games directly onto the console, including The Legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus, and many more. I don't think you can compare the Wii to other consoles like the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. I've played the 360, and while it's cool, it's just not the same as being able to observe and participate in the interaction with the Wii. The 360 obviously focuses on trying to better itself graphic-wise with each release. The Wii, while it's not breath-taking graphic-wise, makes up for that in interaction.

2 Final Picks of 2006...and a Party? What?

I thought it was time for a little face lift. I changed the banner up top to an older photo I took in San Francisco last year. Hope ya'll like it. I also changed my menu slightly too, to reflect the recent completion of my short story.

Tomorrow night is my bro's bachelor party. My parent's were kind enough to lend us their house for the evening. How cool is that? 15 years ago, that wouldn't have happened. I guess that's what happens when you get old: Your parents start to trust you. Scary thought.

So, I guess I've made you wait long enough for my last two picks of movies for 2006. So, I'll get that out of the way now.

#2 Superman Returns

I've babbled on enough about this film in older blogs. No reason to rehash all that.

#1 The Departed

Well, finally it was Martin Scorsese's year at the box office and at the Oscars. He took home the idol for Best Picture and Director, as well as a few others. This is a great movie. Highly recommended if you haven't seen it.