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Tag: wii sports

wii sports
Going Gold

Going Gold: Going Gold’s Purely Arbitrary Games of the Decade

The opinions expressed herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as reflecting the views of the ...
By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorDecember 30, 2009
Mario in the Family

A Multi-Player Family

I used to steadfastly and arrogantly maintain that I was the only gamer in my family. Games are my entertainment, my hobby and, ...
By E McNeill Legacy AuthorFebruary 3, 2009
Guilty Pleasures

One Button, One Scotch, One Beer

In 1972, when Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn finished making Pong, they faced the dilemma of how to test it on a crowd. ...
By L.B. Jeffries Legacy AuthorDecember 16, 2008
Group Play

Big Brothers, Little Gamers

Critics often accuse videogames of being bad for kids, but for many volunteers with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, gaming has been ...
By Chris LaVigne Legacy AuthorSeptember 23, 2008
Waypoints

Wiimorse

I bought a Wii on release day, seduced by its reasonable price, magical controllers and family-friendliness. General tech lust and the promise of ...
By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorApril 15, 2008
The Crowd Goes Wild

Sticks and Balls

Sports are hard. This shouldn’t be news to anyone with a lifelong gaming fetish, nor was it news to me. I hate sports. ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2007
Launch Telemetry

Frostbitten In Florida

Four years to the day after the GameCube’s launch – four years of frustration with Nintendo’s software draughts, four years of turning to ...
By Dan Dormer Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2007
Boom!

Stick and Roll

Next-generation consoles were supposed to change the way games were played. History will show that – at least in the first year – ...
By Dana Massey Legacy AuthorJanuary 2, 2007
Op-Ed

I Must’ve Been a Really Good Girl This Year

Know why? Cuz I got the best Christmas gift one could possibly get this year: the Nintendo Wii. Wiiiiiiii! Yep. There was a ...
By Julianne Capps Legacy AuthorDecember 26, 2006
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