Even the Elderly Can Have A Wii Bit of Fun

This is awesome.

We got a Wii when it first came out and we knew instantly that it was a hit and our friends and family would love it. Phil had pre-ordered our Wii from our nearby GameStop. It came out at midnight so we went over at about 10:00 to pay for it so we could just pick it up later, when the rush arrived. While we were there, we ran into the guys who started and run the VS Gaming Center across the parking lot. Phil has been going in there since the day it opened. He's even done a few projects for those guys and that's one of our hangout spots if we have a couple of hours between dinner and movies, or whatever. Anyway, we saw Dave in GameStop and talked to him for a minute. He actually had arranged with GameStop to get the Wii a couple hours early, so he was taking it over to set it up right away. We went over there and played World of Warcraft for a bit to kill some time. Once Dave had the Wii set up, there was a huge crowd gathered around. They played baseball and did boxing and all of those teen-aged and twenty-something guys were laughing and screaming and having a great time. There were probably 30 guys gathered around awaiting their turn. Meanwhile, the PS3 that was released the day before sat over on the other side of the room with no attention. It was hilarious.

Anyway, we play the Wii all the time, but especially when we have company. We took it to my family get-together at Thanksgiving and my entire family loved it, including my mom and dad. In fact, they hijacked it for almost an hour as they played baseball and bowling and golf against each other. It was awesome. Then, we played with Phil's whole family at Christmas and that was a blast. His parents also enjoyed tennis and bowling and kept asking for another turn. That's when you know a game is genuinely awesome -- when non-video-gamers beg to play. So, seeing elderly enjoying it doesn't surprise me! I'm going to go see if I can get the second level of Pro on my Mii bowler. :o)