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Celebrating Year 12: You and Me, So Happy Wii Be

Yesterday Wayne and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe that twelve years ago, in a little church in Denver, we exchanged I Dos. In some respects it feels like just yesterday, in others it seems so much longer than that. (But in a good way.) Like many little girls, I had always dreamed of being married. I had never dreamed of a church wedding, though. I had never really dreamt about the ceremony at all, save for wearing a beautiful gown and standing at an altar with my groom looking dreamily into each other’s eyes. (Goes back … Continue reading →

How Wii Are Celebrating Pleasure Your Mate Month (Among Other Things)

In addition to Pleasure Your Mate Month, the Team Pryor household has other super September celebrations underway. Wayne’s birthday on Friday basically kicked off the fiesta. My birthday comes next, exactly one week after Wayne’s. Two days after that we celebrate our wedding anniversary. Four days after that is my dad’s birthday. Three days later, on the 23rd, the festivities conclude with Murph’s birthday. Phew! What a month. Buying presents for my dad and Murph is easy. Exchanging gifts between Wayne and myself? Well, that’s never easy. And complicating it even more than usual this year is our impending move. … Continue reading →

Violent “Manhunt 2” Approved for Release in U.S.

You may remember an article I wrote back in June about the ultra violent video game, Manhunt 2, produced by software company TakeTwo. Britain was one of the first to ban the game from being released in that country. At the time of the original article, it was unclear about what the fate of the game would be in the U.S. Well, that question has now been answered. A slightly modified version of the game will be released for the Sony Playstation 2, the PSP handheld device and the Nintendo Wii. Analysts predict that this game will take in about … Continue reading →

Video Game Price Wars

In a move that was slightly surprising, Sony announced a price slash to its Play Station 3 (PS3) video game system. This is a $100 cut, or 17 percent of its old price, retailing it for about $500. The price slash probably came about in an effort to move up the ladder in the video game wars. Currently the Sony PS3 ranks third in sales, with the Microsoft Xbox 360 in second place and the Nintendo Wii capturing the gold, so to speak, in first place. Rumors have it that Microsoft is planing to slash its prices on the Xbox … Continue reading →

Serious Glitches in Xbox 360 Will Cost A Billion

Video game consoles have never been very profitable for Microsoft. Now it seems that one console will be costing the company a cool billion dollars. Microsoft says that it is planning to spend at least one billion dollars to fix general hardware glitches that have plagued the video game system in recent months. The company declines to detail the exact nature or cause of the hardware failures. In addition to planning on the console repairs, Microsoft will extend the warranty on all of the consoles to three years. The company will pay for all shipping and repairs worldwide. it will … Continue reading →

Did You Get Your Wii?

If you did get the Wii you really wanted? If so, count yourself lucky. It appears that more than seven months after the release of the gaming console, Wiis are still running scarce. The demand is definitely outpacing the supply. The Wii, launched by Nintendo, is a video game unit that is best known for its wireless controller that is also motion sensitive. The units are selling so quickly that hopeful consumers have to go to the trouble of calling around to their stores to find out when the next shipment will come in. Recently, the line of Wii wanters … Continue reading →

Big Brain Academy

I can just imagine the reaction from my boys if I pulled out workbooks or anything school related this time of year. And yet they are thrilled with one of our new Wii games. Big Brain Academy, Wii Degree is all about exercising your brain and training it to work faster. The “Academy” tests your thinking skills in five categories, Visualize, Analyze, Memorize, Identify, and Compute. Each of the categories have three games. The graphics are cute and playful, and the games are short. Maybe that is partly why the games don’t feel like work. Some of the games even … Continue reading →

Computing Blog: May 19th through May 25th

Have you caught all of the latest computing blogs? From iTunes to fun websites, to news you can use, it is all here. If you haven’t read them all, yet, I forgive you. After all, I am playing catch up myself, at least with the weekly reviews. So here you are, for your perusal: the Computing Blog review for May 19th through May 25th. May 19th Ask Dr. Universe Want to know why the sky is blue? Ask Dr. Universe, who has the answers to this and many other questions that come from kids. May 21st Create Bands Have you … Continue reading →

The Wii Leads The Pack

According to a report by the NPD group, a market research firm that tracks sales in America, the Nintendo Wii is the clear leader among new-generation video games. NPD says that for the month of April, Nintendo sold around 360 thousand Wii units, leaping ahead of the ever popular Sony PlayStation 2. Microsoft Xbox 360 was the runner up with sales of 174 thousand game units. As for Sony? It sold 82 thousand game machine of PlayStation 3 and 194 thousand PlayStation 2 game consoles. I remember around Christmas time this past year when there was so much hype around … Continue reading →

Dear Heather … You Said ….

Good morning and welcome to January’s first edition of Dear Heather. I am thinking it might need another title, so if you have a suggestion, I’d love to hear it. If it comes down to a contest, well – I may launch one just for that reason next week. Let’s see how it goes. In the meanwhile, let’s dive into a couple of letters I got over the weekend. Arguing Over the Game Console Dear Heather, You wrote an article about the Nintendo Wii and my husband and I have been having an argument about whether or not to get … Continue reading →