Tuesday Thoughts
Although I debated about going to pick up GTA IV last night, I figured since I had bought Mario Kart Wii and Battle of the Bands (Wii) Monday, that I should actually give them some time to play them instead. And that combined with it’s the annual April flood day (at least this year I have a sump pump so I don’t have to pay $8,000 in damage like last year), made it easy to stay home.
Now if you heard on our Podcast, we debated about games like Mario Kart if it is a sports game or not. While NASCAR is easy to call a sports game, what about Kart games? Is throwing a turtle at other cars really a sport? Well, because I want to write about it, I guess we’ll make it one. The Wii wheel feels good in your hand, and it seems like they really want you to use it because every player using the wheel has a wheel icon next to their name. Now, I’ve only been playing the beginning cup (50cc, which I completed), but I did find the wheel to be fun to use. I’ve read that in cups above 50cc, the wheel is more difficult.
I think I’ll probably end up with GTA IV today at some point, not sure if I’ll play it a lot though.
In other news, tonight’s American Idol is Neil Diamond night. With only five contestants, either we are going to see 20 minutes of filler or they’ll do 2 songs each. I’m guessing we’ll see filler.
Really good deal at eCost if you don’t mind refurbs…they have a Sony BD player for $275
In other news, can anyone find a Nyko perfect shot for the Wii? It’s OOS everywhere but gamestop.com, and I’m not paying $10 to ship a $15 item :).
Oh btw, Mario Kart Wii is the actual title of the game, not Mario Kart. Weird, huh.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I bought a Perfect Shot from Buy.com back when the Zapper came out. I used the sign up with Google Checkout to save 10 bucks and got the whole thing, with shipping, for something like nine dollars. It’s a good shell, and sturdy as all get out, but it’s heavy as hell.
Try Circuit City. They have them online, and if you spend another 10 bucks, you can get free shipping. They also have them in the store here in Atlanta, so maybe they’d have them in Atlantis or whatever undersea kingdom you dwell in.