After getting my Wii last autumn, I played it a fair bit, especially after I got Wii Fit for it. (Like with my dance games, though, I really don’t think of Wii Fit as “playing a video game” because for me it’s exercise.) As much as I don’t like using my Gamecube controller to play Virtual Console games, there’s no denying that the downloadable games were one of the main selling points of the system to me. I’ve bought more than a handful of Virtual…
Among the other things that have been put on the back burner of my life lately is video games; after treating myself to a Wii after slogging through that miasma of an election cycle, I pretty much let it collect dust from early February until this past weekend. I’m finishing up my “weekend off” where I didn’t have any real work to do for teaching; tomorrow my classes end and I get final portfolios, and of course those will keep me occupied for the next…
I’ve said often that while I’m okay reading horror novels — it’s been about eight years now since I was turned on to Poppy Z. Brite — I don’t care to watch horror films. I grew up in the age of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises, and even at an age where I was only concerned about whether or not I liked a film and had barely any conceptions about what made a “good film” and a “bad film,” there…
Yes, a Wii. I couldn’t help myself, what can I say? I also picked up Wii Fit (which I’d had the chance to play recently) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (friend code 1075 4346 0459). I’ll try to keep posting here every once in a while, honest. I have to post more of those product links to convince you to buy stuff off of my Amazon.com affiliate account this shopping season. Anyway, it’s Jon Stewart’s birthday, and here it is, your moment of zen, in…
This past weekend I picked up a CD/DVD rack from Best Buy. Mind you, I haven’t exactly been buying that many CDs or DVDs (or even video games) lately, but I have bought so many books that I needed to repurpose one of my DVD towers for books. I put the storage rack together over the weekend, and it was a huge hassle because the directions weren’t all that clear; I had to put several of the supports on three different times before I got…