Bowzer defeated!

After a several-month hiatus from the Wii, I finally picked the Wii-mote up again and set out to defeat Bowzer and rescue the Princess. Surprisingly, it didn't take too long from my previous saved game. Somehow I skipped a bunch of galaxies and went straight to Bowzer. An hour and one sore thumb later, and Bowzer was humiliated and the Princess escorted safely back to her castle.

I was never big into video games. Although my brother and I always wanted one, our parents never bought us a console; they just told us to go play outside instead. And we (generally) had no trouble complying. So when Ashley won a Wii from work, I was all over it. We played fairly regularly for the first few months, but eventually the novelty faded. The Wii is an incredibly cool system, though. And if one had to play video games, the Wii is probably the better choice (vs. XBox, Playstation) - involves slightly more physical movement (I won't even call it activity), and the games are safer and often family oriented.

There's been a few studies about the Wii. According to one study in the British Medical Journal, one uses more energy playing Wii than XBox or Playstation. But, the Wii has also resulted in some injuries (not to mention broken TV's)... dubbed Wiiitis by this researcher and others.

With all that said, however, outside is where its at! Hey kids, go out and play already!!... I've got some other galaxies to explore.