Ah, to be a kid again. We bought the Ben 10 game for our 6 year old, we bought the Pinball Hall of Fame for Daddy, and we rented Madden Football '08 for...um, Daddy (blush). First, let's talk Madden Football. We decided to rent this one because of the mixed reviews on Amazon.com. Most of the bad reviews were graphics related but there were some other glitches that some people complained about while others claimed the glitches were "user error". So I tried it out last night, and let me just preface this by saying that the last football video game that I played was Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo, back in the early 90's. So I'm sure for all of the people who have grown up through X-Box and Playstation, the graphics probably pale in comparison. But for me, the graphics are just fine and the game itself plays very much like real football. I'll be buying the Madden Football at some point. My only drawback is time constraints. To play a game of football means devoting 30-40 minutes of uninterrupted time to the game. I can't see that happening all that often for me.
As for the pinball game. One word: SWEET! Oh yeah, it is the Williams collection, 10 of the best pinball machines from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, including Space Shuttle, a game that I mastered in the common area of my dormitory at Penn State. I was excited to discover that after 20+ years it took me very little time to jump right back into peak playing form. And OMG, it feels exactly like you are really playing a pinball machine. Superb! Old geezers, rejoice! Pinball lives!
As a side note, I couldn't help but think about the irony in that while I was at Penn State mastering a Space Shuttle pinball machine, an old classmate was actually STUDYING and becoming an astronaut. But hey, I got to be a big man on (branch) campus for a couple of years. I bet Mr. Astronaut can't say that.
Anyway, do your research, learn when and where the Wii will be available and by all means, go buy one! You deserve it. And don't worry, your upper body will only be sore for a week or so.
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Did you notice that there is no listing of a game for Mommy, the woman who staked out the toy store to get the Wii? The woman who then went to Best Buy to use Christmas gift cards to buy extra controllers and the games? The woman who also went to the video store to rent the football game? I think Mommy will have something to say about Mr. Sarcasm buying Madden football....
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