http://blog.nobien.net/2007/02/03/things-id-like-to-learn-before-the-end-of-next-week/ A nerd blog about nerdy things by ... nerdy guys? Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.nobien.net/2007/02/03/things-id-like-to-learn-before-the-end-of-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-2902 Games Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:51:31 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=5#comment-2902 You’ve absolutely no chance of getting through these if you just got a Wii. I predict you can’t make it through one, much less all three. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten one yet, but a few years back, when I was right in the middle of my dissertation, my fiancé thought it would be a great idea to give me a Gamecube for Christmas as “motivation.” “Read for an hour, then play for fifteen minutes,” she said innocently. Let’s just say getting it finished took longer than it might have. I have to say, the central reason I want a Wii is to access the same game that I played non-stop on the Gamecube: Tiger Woods. Now, I recognize that to some golf doesn’t exactly compare to some of the more action-centered games, but at least in the most recent version, it’s possible to create an avatar in the game that looks completely you – you spend up to two or three hours perfecting how you look. I think maybe that “sims” aspect of the game helped to suck me in. You’ve absolutely no chance of getting through these if you just got a Wii. I predict you can’t make it through one, much less all three. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten one yet, but a few years back, when I was right in the middle of my dissertation, my fiancé thought it would be a great idea to give me a Gamecube for Christmas as “motivation.” “Read for an hour, then play for fifteen minutes,” she said innocently. Let’s just say getting it finished took longer than it might have. I have to say, the central reason I want a Wii is to access the same game that I played non-stop on the Gamecube: Tiger Woods. Now, I recognize that to some golf doesn’t exactly compare to some of the more action-centered games, but at least in the most recent version, it’s possible to create an avatar in the game that looks completely you – you spend up to two or three hours perfecting how you look. I think maybe that “sims” aspect of the game helped to suck me in.

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