Wii: First Impressions
Posted on March 9, 2007
Yes, I’m months behind the actual Wii release, and all of the uber-cool people managed to play with it first. But since I did get to play with my aunty’s new Wii yesterday and today, I felt like I absolutely had to write about it.
First of all, my dad actually played. Which, to be fair, is sort of the same idea with the gray gamers. Except that he’s not particularly old. It’s just that the only game he ever plays is Tetris, so getting him to play WiiSports is something, I’d say.
Wii Sports is as fun as you make it. Yes, I didn’t have to flail my arms about in Tennis nor did I actually have to hold the Wii Remote like a bat in baseball, but it made the game more fun. Little dinky wrist movements don’t really mean much, anyway, if you want to get something out of the experience. Of course, actually pretending as if I was hitting a tennis racket hurt my shoulder. Yes, I’m a little wimp.
Oh, and my grandmother beat me at baseball. That was a little disheartening.
My aunty also bought Wii Play, although I think she did so more for the controller than anything else. Wii Play wasn’t nearly as fun as Wii Sports. Actually, it seems to be a glorified “show off the Wii Remote” demo game than anything else. It is comprised of mini games that show you how to use the remote in all possible angles, basically. Nothing more interesting than that.
I can’t wait to play Twilight Princess on the Wii, but I guess that will have to wait until I return home for summer break.
(I will return you to your regularly scheduled programming on Monday.)
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Poom!
Posted on February 26, 2007
Poom is like Breakout, but in 3D: making it more annoying and more fun, at the same time. You control the bottom platform (that, as you can see, has holes in it) to keep the ball from falling down the bottomless chasm. The interestingly designed squares are power-ups, that make the ball do weird things. Enjoy!
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Strangely compelling simple game
Posted on February 14, 2007
The flash version of Tower Blaster offers you eight levels of tower blasting fun. Okay, scratch that. This isn’t a shooter game. There’s nothing remotely violent, except for when you manage to build your tower in a slightly less funky way than when it starts.
I probably should be a little clearer as to the task you must undertake. You need to build a tower that increases in number from top to bottom. (Meaning, you shouldn’t put the number 50 on the number 1). Meanwhile, the computer (who plays Vikings in this particular incarnation), is trying to do the same thing. The person who gets the tower in order from lowest to highest first, by using the pieces in the draw pile, wins. Which is where the blaster part of the game’s name comes in: the winner effectively disassembles the other’s tower by throwing some kind of weaponry at it.
This game is interesting, simple, and fun, making it a great time waster for when you should be doing other things.
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