WII

Im writing this from my Nintendo WII. The browser isnt totally complete but this is awsome. Too hard to type…

Winter Solstice

Happy winter solstice to all!

The Gift

Well my girlfriend, Emily, absolutely LOVED her gift.  It was the Pirates 2 DVD and 2 silicone wristbands, similar to the livestrong bands, that say Nate <3 Emily.  I have one of the wristbands and she has the other.  I did my own artwork for the wrapping paper and used ribbon creatively to tie it all together, never got a picture but ya.  It was really great.  She was super happy so it was a success. 

pre-Winter Solstice

Yup It is almost here, Winter Solstice for me, Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever you celebrate is coming up for others. I am excited that the days will soon start to get longer, Im tired of this cold darkness all the time. Weird though that I like the Moon more than the Sun. Whatever haha, well I have been working on a gift for my girlfriend, Emily, for some time now. I think I did a good job, it is really neat and actually has meaning instead of a lame mean nothing cliche christmas gift that everyone likes to give around this time. Now I have no given it to her yet, and I want it to be a suprise so I can tell everyone what it is quite yet. Once I give it to her I will write another post tell the few people who actually read this what happened. I will post pictures of the gift and stuff like that too, I spent a good 3-4 hours on it so ya. The ENTIRE gift is the present, nothing needs to be thrown away. The ENTIRE thing has meaning and is part of the gift. I am sure she will absolutely love it. Anyways, the new blog layout isnt even started yet haha. Really and truly I dont have the slightest clue when I will build it. Maybe if my laptop could function as a laptop I would use it more often and actually work on it but whatever. I hope everyone has a good holiday. I am now part of the ASB at my school, we had a potluck party today. I made meatballs with a super awsome recipe that my stepmom hooked me up with. Everyone loved them and complimented me. Also my Xbox Live Gold membership ran out today now I cant play Gears of War with Stephen, hopefully I will be getting the year membership I asked for. If not I will buy one after the holidays. My Nintendo Wii is still keeping me occupied so at least I am not bored. Tomorrow I am going to help set up for an Arnis tournament I will be participating in. Saturday is the day of the tournament, I have trained only one day out of the week due to being so busy. I do not expect to win, but I am going in with a winning attitude. If you were to ask me if I am going to win, I would respong with a “FUCK YA!” in a nonchalant what kind of question is that attitude. Anyways I will post about that too, and hopefully get some pictures. Mark needs me to do this for his Senior project at Clark. Life if pretty good at the moment, just busy. I am no going to go watch Clerks 2 becuase I have not seen it for some reason I cannot seem to decipher. Once again, have a happy holiday!

Red Steel

So as we all know, i have Nintendo Wii.  My brother went out and bought Red Steel.  Now, most game review sites are giving this game very mixed reviews.  Some people LOVE it and somepeople absolutely DESPISE it.  Anyways, I personally think the game is great.  It is a fun first person shooter that actually has a decent, yet cliche/cheesy, storyline.  It is dynamic and fun and just a great game.  Now my theory of why people are giving it such mixed reviews is becuase some people are having a hard time making the switch from moving the joystick to moving the controller around.  I am sure there are other reasons I just cant think of any other ones at the moment.  One thing I am noticing about the Wii though as that you need to be standing up if you want to play decently at all.  After standing for 5 hours my legs are kind of tired.  I work out and stuff, though I am pretty lazy… anyways those people that really dont do any physical activity probably couldnt play for as long.  Some people probably complain about that, I praise it.  Basically this means that even though a game may be 10 hours long, if i want to play it comfortably im going to have to play it in huge chunks if i want to just crank it out.  So now my games last longer.  Also i get physical activity from playing, that is always good.  Also this means that breaks are necessary.  Which is good, this can probably make it so people will still go outside.  I know with a regular controller, even i have been guilty of playing for over 16 hours straight.  With the Wii I cant do that.  That is my basic theory on why some people hate the wii and why some people like it.  In a way it makes a lot of sense.  Red Steel is considered a short game, i think i have played it 8 hours or so now, but it has been over the course of 3 days.  If i had a regular controller i would have beaten it the day i got it.  Just seems I am getting more for my money even though i really am not.  It is also a great party game i have found, becuase ANYONE and yes i mean ANYONE can pick up a Wiimote and play tennis on Wii sports, people get really into it.  It brings people together and gets them talking and laughing.  It just promotes fun, and I like that.  It makes gaming more casual, something you can just do for fun with your friends to have a good time.   The great thing is, this is just the beggining, in a year the console will start to reach it’s peak potential, I’m excited and cannot wait to see all the tricks the Wii can do.  Oh ya and as for a new layout and stuff… haha id say just forget about it becuase it is going to take a WHILE becuase i havent even started nor have the motivation too.  I am busy with school, excpecially now that I am in ASB.  Oh yes and the Nintendo Wii looks really good laying on top of the 360, it is almost as if they were meant to be haha.

THE Nintendo Wii

Well i officially got one.  I waited about 3 and a half hours for one outside of Cicuit City.  I got there at 6:30 with my friend and we ended up getting 2 of the last 5.  They only received 30 Wii’s.  Anyways after we got it.  We got home and we didn’t turn it off for over 12 hours, with just Wii sports we were able to be entertained all day.  Today I got it hooked up to the internet and have been trading Mii’ with my friend.  I made over 35 Mii’s haha including V, Neo, Cartman, Jesus, Hitler, and Michael Jackson.  So far everything is pretty seamless. People have complained about how to add friends… it isnt that inconvienent.  My bro ran out and got Red Steel and we are having a ton of fun with that.  I havent had the chance to download any virtual console games but my friend said it is really easy.  So far I am really impressed and cannot wait for some killer apps to come out for it.  There is so much potential in this little box it is amazing