Video Games

Nothing strikes fear into the heart like video games. And I am not talking about the heart-racing induced fear of games like the Resident Evil series (I think they are supposed to be scary, I haven't actually played them). But rather a fear of complacency. Fear that creativity is going out the so called window. And I can agree that those are some things to be scared of. We certainly don't want to raise a generation of people who don't know life outside of their personal video screens. The movie Wall-E did a great job of showing us what that would be like (although for completely different reasons). On the other hand I'm not so sure their is so much to fear. Recently I just purchased the Nintendo game, Wii Fit. It is quite interesting actually and is based on learning about your physical fitness. A lot of the game has to do with balance and it calculates your health using the good old BMI standards (I fit into the obesse catagory, that while funny isn't quite right). I've read a number of reviews of the game online at Amazon and it seems that a lot of people think that this game is very near perfect. I have to disagree with that as I just don't think that the game is put together well enough. It is a great start (well kind of, it isn't the first game to adress fitness needs, but the first to be so wide spread) but it could use lots of work. Overall I'd say it is something to look into, but it isn't all that it is hyped up to be either.


Video Games

Seven feet seperate me.
My two halves can't get closer,
or my eyes hurt. 

Copyright 2008 William Curb