nintendo wiii - the end of our society

who plays baseball in real life?

but man, posting on m&n on my wii is just like the real thing!

both mo.

I thought the whole idea of video games was to play them when you want to veg out and such

do you know how much effort that takes?!

It's only the end of our society because it's so fucking awesome that no one will ever leave their house again!.

hahahaha i <3 u nony

yeh i dunno it just seems odd

taking a ball n bat down to the nets with your mates means that you actually need mates, something which most people who whack on about how good a gaming console is probably lost years ago

who wants to go bowling?

what if it's raining ?

i wanna play lawn bowls again

can't number none, injured my hand using my wii.

anyway, you're probably missing the point

they're saying wii bowling is better than playstation bowling, because the motions are much more similar to real life

not that wii bowling is better than real bowling

i want to go bowling, number none.

You mean you have to use your hands?
That's like a babys toy!

not that wii bowling is better than real bowling

are you sure they're saying that?

I'm sure the baseball and ten pin bowling industries are shaking in their boots.

It's not a replacement, it's something else entirely.

I can get way better scores in wii bowling than real life.

And wii golf.

dunno, anon, that's why i said 'probably'

i like bowling
i like wii bowling

i'd much rather go to the alley to bowl

yeh i can dig that.....

just - i was at a mates in newcastle a while back and they were playing wii pool

meanwhile there was a pub up the road that had a pool table and beer!

i dunno just wondering what ur guys thoughts were

Snap

well...it is newcastle.

mo: pros and cons ... pool at home means you can drink cheaper beer, and listen to the music you like

I dig that call mo, when it comes to wii pool you'd surely way rather be doing it at the pub. But when it comes to a real round of 18, that would take me about a year.

and perhaps they couldn't be bothered swimming to the pub

yeh i guess so

that makes sense

horses for courses i guess.....

I don't think the choice between sitting at home playing computer pool and going down to the pub and playing there actually happens very often at all.

The video inactivist posted is pretty illuminating - a family at home in their lounge room laughing and playing together. Nothing wrong with that now is there.

BITCH BITCH BITCH
MOAN MOAN MOAN
SOOK SOOK SOOK
WHINGE WHINGE WHINGE
WHINE WHINE WHINE
WAH WAH WAH

Thats life mountain man

dont get me wrong i'm not a gaming hater or anything....

i dont mind bustin out goldeneye 64 once in a blue moon

And hurting each other, tangy, don't forget hurting each other.

i had an atari 2600 when i was little.

it was really cool.

wiis great to pick up for 5 minutes for a quick set of tennis. or to knock the piss out of a couple of miis that look like jesus or moby in boxing.

hardly a substitute for the real thing. i don't see too many people who would have gone out to do these things in real life staying home now. however i do see some fatties who don't go out much actually getting off the couch to do some wii boxing etc.

interesting points topher

Wii = Video Games
Sports = Physical Games

completely different. I used to skate all the time, and then go home and play Skate or Die. They access different sectors of funtimes.

You can actually get worn out playing the wii though.

OMG VIDEO GAMES CAUSE CRIMEZ!

JunkiePhil said 1 hour ago:

You mean you have to use your hands?
That's like a babys toy!

Back to the future 2 reprazennnnnt.

i play it once in a while. don't have one but other people do... it's good for awhile... it's the only way i ever get a bit of exercise these days. there's more than just the stupid sports one... i only like the boxing and bowling on that. there's the wii play one and heaps of other things... i think you can even download N64 games.

it actually makes me want to go real bowling now...

i'd also go for lawn bowls again! isn't there one indoors somewhere?

> however i do see some fatties who don't go out much actually getting off the couch to do some wii boxing etc

the missus bought me a wii for me burfday in thevague hope that I might do some kind of physical activity......hasn't really worked.

well if you're not using it, i'd gladly take that piece of junk off your hands!

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