Two summers ago we purchased a wii. We were stuck at home in August…feeling a little sorry that we were not going on a big vacation trip in August. We did go to the beach in June of that year, but August was looming ahead with little planned.
Notice the lack of icons. Everything you wanted to access on the computer required a code. One missed key stroke was a nightmare to fix.
My husband is the original gamer in the Musings from Me family. When I met him in 1986, he had a Commodore 64 computer. Those who only know Mac and PC may be surprised to learn that in the 80s there was another type of computer. It had a teeny tiny harddrive — 64 kilobytes of memory. You typed on a clunky keyboard attached to your TV. There was an external disk drive which held 5 1/4 disks — floppies. Anyway, my husband mostly used this computer-TV hybrid to type college papers, but he did play games. And by games I mean 80s games, like: Pong.
The wii was a complete surprise for the kids. We ran errands to Costco, the party supply shop, and swung by Best Buy. Casually wandered the aisles til we reached the wii. By this time the preteen was jumping up and down with glee.
I do not regret this purchase. We all use it for different games. We all get something different out of the wii. My son is type of kid. I get a kick out of his slashing the air with his wii mote…uh…I mean light saber. The kid gets lots of exercise jumping on and off furniture, running in place, and waving his arms around.
The tween and teen have a more relaxed approach to wii playing. No jumping up and down for them. No sirree. The teen is in her element pretending to be her Animal Crossing: City Folk
SimAnimals Africa
- Interact with exotic animals in the wild
- Journey through the jungles and savannas of Africa
- Discover wild animals’ secret abilities
- Solve challenges to unlock items, animals, and levels
- Collect unique items to receive badges
My tween had fun playing with the onscreen safari animals in SimAnimals Africa
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I was given the game for review. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Giveaway ends January 31, 2010 at 11:59 p.m.
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