Belatedly, I joined the craze and had a go on one of my friend’s Wii games the other weekend. Terrific stuff: I played the golf, tennis, ten-pin bowling and shooter games. Bloody marvellous. You do need to get a large-enough television to make it work; unfortunately, I don’t really want to mess up my sitting room by putting a huge plasma screen on the wall, but some of my friends seem to be less squeamish.
The main downside, I find, is that if you are playing this game and have not stretched and warmed up properly first, you can actually do a bit of damage. The next morning, when I woke up, the left side of my back was quite painful. This is what happens to a 41-year-old wealth management geek who has not spent enough time doing sport for real. Time to turn off the technology and put on the training shoes.
A link to some Wii-related injuries. I wait for the first politician to try and bleat about the “Wii menace”.
You’ll be wanting Wii Fit that comes out this Friday then…
I haven’t gamed for ages and was thinking of getting back into my heavy, serious, PC games like Civ and SimCity and flight sims.
I have always regarded Nintendo as being for kids but the Wii looks good. I’m almost tempted.
Nick M: If you want heavy, serious and a flight sim, may I suggest Falcon: Allied Force. You can even get fit lugging the manual round if you print it out (struggling to stay on topic here).
I bought a wii on friday (and I’m sufficently plebian to have a big telly 🙂
It’s great but omg my right arm is throbbing from wii tenis. Fat, Fifty and Foolish I maybe but it’s terrific fun.
Is there a left handed version?
To MikeG
For most games it doesn’t matter, for games like Tennis and Bowling etc. you tell the Wii what hand you are using before you start playing.
Links are in the Engadget site, but in case anyone missed ’em…
http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/
Classic.
Broken TVs seem the most common problem.
The best video game currently on the market? The Half-Life mod called Counter-Strike.
It’s an FPS so probably of little interest to cerebral types like yourselves, but I refuse to let a thread nominally centred on video gaming to go without a mention for CS.
Over 7 years old the game is still run on 2 x more servers than all other MMFPS combined.
Fire in the hole!
Lol! The Wii is standard definition so an HDTV will just expose blemishes. The larger the TV the worse the quality! It works fine on any size TV.
I am 42 and the right side of my back is having spasms. I played Wii bowling and tennis with my son and we did the best out of 5. Whew!!
Here’s a few exercises to do if you feel you’ve overdone the tennis or feeling the pinch from boxing. 🙂
Lie on the floor with a rolled up towel under your lower back. Bring both knees together and feet flat on the floor. Move both knees to the left for 5 secs and then back to centre, then move both knees to the right for 5 secs and back to centre. Hold for a few secs at either side. Then bring both knees towards your chest for 5 secs and back to centre. Hold for a few secs at chest. Try these exercises and see how you get on.
Flexibak Back Pain Relief(Link)
I had a backache, sciatic nerve problem. After trying many solutions, I tried a Health Clinic Masso Sante Beauport, so my problem is solved. The clinic is member of many associations, they can help you.
(Link)