{OT} wii

My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now and
we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video golf as
I am at real golf.

The remote handheld controller makes all the difference in game play.
I was never able to get the hang of the other controllers and seldom
played the old style but this one is different. You swing the
controller similar to swinging the club. You make the same rolling
motion of a bowling ball as you would on the lanes. You hit a tennis
ball the same way as if with a racket.

My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots. He
just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xn0eu6mnh4trsep000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=blue]
> My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
> Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now and
> we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video golf as
> I am at real golf.
>
> The remote handheld controller makes all the difference in game play.
> I was never able to get the hang of the other controllers and seldom
> played the old style but this one is different. You swing the
> controller similar to swinging the club. You make the same rolling
> motion of a bowling ball as you would on the lanes. You hit a tennis
> ball the same way as if with a racket.
>
> My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots. He
> just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...[/color]

I heard about the Wii on some NPR program the other day; they were
describing it re: playing tennis. Supposedly designed for inclusion of
those people who can't really get the hang of using the controls of other
electronic games, but still has zilcho interest to me, personally.
Anyway... My nephew (15) got in line early the other morning to be able to
buy one w/ his hard-earned money, but no luck. He's trying again, I think
today. If he's able to procure a console thingy, then I think I get to buy
him a game yto go with it for Xmas. ;-)

Cathy

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:49:27 -0500, badgolferman wrote:
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> My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
> Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now and
> we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video golf as
> I am at real golf.[/color]


I hope she didn't have to 'wii' while she was waiting!!! ;)

Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B, 11/26/2006,9:13:36 PM, wrote:
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> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:49:27 -0500, badgolferman wrote:
>[color=green]
> > My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
> > Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now
> > and we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video
> > golf as I am at real golf.[/color]
>
>
> I hope she didn't have to 'wii' while she was waiting!!! ;)[/color]

I thought about that since she had loaded up on coffee. It turns out
they came out a couple of hours before opening time and handed out
coupons to the first 60 people in line. Now she was guaranteed a Wii
and dropped out of the line to go wee at Target across the street.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xn0eu6mnh4trsep000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=blue]
> My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
> Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now and
> we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video golf as
> I am at real golf.
>
> The remote handheld controller makes all the difference in game play.
> I was never able to get the hang of the other controllers and seldom
> played the old style but this one is different. You swing the
> controller similar to swinging the club. You make the same rolling
> motion of a bowling ball as you would on the lanes. You hit a tennis
> ball the same way as if with a racket.
>
> My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots. He
> just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...[/color]

My 16 and 19-year olds are planning to buy one of those (or hoping we will
for Christmas).

I've never been into gaming systems. I'm a computer-version-of-old-games
type (Poker, Mah Jong, card games).

Natalie

Wickeddoll®, 11/26/2006,9:52:31 PM, wrote:
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>
> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xn0eu6mnh4trsep000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=green]
> > My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
> > Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now
> > and we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video
> > golf as I am at real golf.
> >
> > The remote handheld controller makes all the difference in game
> > play. I was never able to get the hang of the other controllers
> > and seldom played the old style but this one is different. You
> > swing the controller similar to swinging the club. You make the
> > same rolling motion of a bowling ball as you would on the lanes.
> > You hit a tennis ball the same way as if with a racket.
> >
> > My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots.
> > He just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...[/color]
>
> My 16 and 19-year olds are planning to buy one of those (or hoping
> we will for Christmas).
>
> I've never been into gaming systems. I'm a
> computer-version-of-old-games type (Poker, Mah Jong, card games).
>
> Natalie[/color]

If my wife, my three-year-old, and I can do it then you can also.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wickeddoll®, 11/26/2006,9:52:31 PM, wrote:
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>>
>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xn0eu6mnh4trsep000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=darkred]
>> > My wife stood in line this morning at Best Buy and bought a Nintendo
>> > Wii for my twelve-year-old son. Of course it is hooked up by now
>> > and we are playing golf on TV. It seems I am just as bad at video
>> > golf as I am at real golf.
>> >
>> > The remote handheld controller makes all the difference in game
>> > play. I was never able to get the hang of the other controllers
>> > and seldom played the old style but this one is different. You
>> > swing the controller similar to swinging the club. You make the
>> > same rolling motion of a bowling ball as you would on the lanes.
>> > You hit a tennis ball the same way as if with a racket.
>> >
>> > My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots.
>> > He just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...[/color]
>>
>> My 16 and 19-year olds are planning to buy one of those (or hoping
>> we will for Christmas).
>>
>> I've never been into gaming systems. I'm a
>> computer-version-of-old-games type (Poker, Mah Jong, card games).
>>
>> Natalie[/color]
>
> If my wife, my three-year-old, and I can do it then you can also.[/color]

Oh I know I can do it - they just don't appeal to me

Natalie

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:49:27 -0500, badgolferman wrote:
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> My three-year-old boy is also playing golf and hitting nice shots. He
> just doesn't know how to use his putter yet...[/color]

A prelude to the real, fresh-air thing, I hope? <G>

When I was younger I didn't "get" golf. As I've become older I've
realized it's appeal - one can appreciate acres and acres of rolling
green lawn that some other poor schlub has to mow.
--
Mike Harris
Austin TX