Going beyond transition

  • Remembering TransPersons
  • About Linus
  • Pix by Linus

Tag Archives: Wii

Wii can be “WHEE” when sick

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Linus Posted in Life .

I got the Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party game yesterday. OMG! Talk about silly fun. It was great! We played a little bit last night and I played some more this morning. What I love about it is that it really gets you moving and to the point of working up a good sweat (although I’m not sure it was necessarily good for this cold). There’s shooter games (in the guise of “cult cheesy movies); dance competition (I did well on Wham’s “Wake Me Up” and the Jackson Fives “ABC” — it’s an age thing); bandstand (“Another One Bites the Dust” drums was perfect); fashion competition (ugliest bunny you ever saw); a “jackass” equivalent (boy! can they take abuse!) and a surfing (on an ironing board through space, no less) sports game. It’s totally silly and has no ounce of seriousness in it. And it’s a perfect family or party game (especially if you have a Wii board — but it’s not required).

It’s interesting to see how games have changed. I was reminiscing about the days of going to the arcade, getting quarters and trying once or twice at the amazing “Dragon’s Lair”. I tended to do better on the Centipede and Galaxa games, however. Arcades were dens of “evil” and such, along the lines of playing D&D. But you pretty much stood there. There wasn’t any interaction beyond moving the joystick and/or pushing buttons. Pinball, another favourite of mine, could have a little more movement if you “hipped” the machine (although you had to be careful not to tilt it in the process). A couple of years ago I went to a Dave & Buster’s and got to play with a boxing game. I was sore the next day from it but it was a great workout and that is what the Wii seems to provide. It’s ok to play the games because they are often silly, definitely obviously not serious and can keep a person moving as you do various things (thus, burning calories in a fun way).

It was a nice break from the bed.

Leave a comment .
Tags: Gratitude, Life, love, sick, Wii .

Pages

  • Pix by Linus
  • Remembering TransPersons
  • About Linus

Blogroll

  • Arwen's Website
  • Linus’ Flickr
  • Me in Claiming Masculinity Project

Other Stuff

  • Cigar Newbie

Queer Links

  • Butch Femme Planet
  • Joe. My. God.
  • Polymatchmaker
  • Queer Canada Blogs
  • Queers United

transgender

  • FTM Mentors
  • Just Another FTM Chronicle
  • Laura’s Playground
  • Les said, the Better
  • Questioning Transphobia
  • TransCanada
  • TransGriot
  • TransGuy Mapping Project

Recent Posts

  • Day 105: Whiskey Aging… DONE!
  • Aging Whiskey (day 7)
  • Aging Whiskey (day 0)
  • Small House Idea
  • Tiny steps still move us forward (long post)

Archives

  • April 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • July 2013
  • December 2012
  • July 2012
  • September 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • January 2011
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008

Pages

  • Remembering TransPersons
  • About Linus
  • Pix by Linus

Archives

  • April 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • July 2013
  • December 2012
  • July 2012
  • September 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • January 2011
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008

Categories

  • Buddhism (4)
  • CIGARS (9)
  • Daily life (61)
  • Dreams (1)
  • Finances (19)
  • fitness (18)
  • Gratitude (22)
  • hate crimes (19)
  • LGBTQ (38)
  • Life (104)
  • Novel writing (2)
  • photo blog (15)
  • Politics (25)
  • Polls (5)
  • recipes (7)
  • trans activism (25)
  • transgender (69)
  • transition (72)
  • Traveling/Work (53)
  • Twitters (9)
  • Uncategorized (108)
  • vegan stuff (16)

WordPress

  • Log in
  • WordPress

CyberChimps WordPress Themes

© Going beyond transition