Reality Me » Games/Puzzles http://realityme.net A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DeadRising Wii Feedback Needed http://realityme.net/2009/05/31/deadrising-wii-feedback-needed/ http://realityme.net/2009/05/31/deadrising-wii-feedback-needed/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 16:53:22 +0000 Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/?p=10722 dead-rising-wiiNoah just upgraded from 12 years old to 13 years old. He went into Target with his birthday money and came out with a Wii game called "Deadrising – Chop Till You Drop" The kids play first person shooters but Tommy brought one home from a friend’s house once that had so much foul language that I had to ban it from the house. I like to keep violence in check with the children. I am realistic about it. Play acting or gaming violence is part of being a kid. Today’s games do have the opportunity to be far too graphic. This one is rated M for mature and says 17+. The element are "blood and gore," "intense violence," and "language." I have more hesitation on this one because the Wii is in the common area, it is likely to be seen by the 4 and 7 year olds.

So, my gaming friends, do I let the 13 year old keep this game or force him to return it and buy something less violent and graphic? Having the Wii spewing out profanities is probably my biggest concern.

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]]> http://realityme.net/2008/02/11/right-brain-left-brain/feed/ 2 Flashback to the Arcade http://realityme.net/2007/07/08/flashback-to-the-arcade/ http://realityme.net/2007/07/08/flashback-to-the-arcade/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:51:27 +0000 Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/2007/07/08/flashback-to-the-arcade/ Thanks to Instapundit, I just had a little flash back to hard earned quarters being sucked into the video game vacuum cleaner Dragon’s Lair with its exceptional graphics and somewhat kludgey game play. I spent a lot of time and a lot of money on that game!

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As a child, I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by creative people who always had a challenge at hand. Naturally, I didn’t have hand held video games (well there were those led football games dweet dweet dweet), iPods, and other such fancy things to keep us occupied. So, when we found ourselves with a long wait, like at a restaurant, I would be handed 65 cents and challenged to balance a nickel upon a quarter then a dime on the nickel and finally a second quarter upon the dime. This challenge still amuses me today and I find it both relaxing and rewarding to succeed with the balancing act.

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On a side note, you can sure tell it is a Friday afternoon in the blogosphere. Comments on No Silence are dwindling down. Of course, it looks like Michael might have two simultaneous threads running. I suppose all that needs to be said has been said but I don’t believe that.

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]]> http://realityme.net/2007/01/13/heed-this-caution/feed/ 0 And the fifth one went wii wii wii all the way home empty handed… http://realityme.net/2006/11/27/and-the-fifth-one-went-wii-wii-wii-all-the-way-home-empty-handed/ http://realityme.net/2006/11/27/and-the-fifth-one-went-wii-wii-wii-all-the-way-home-empty-handed/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:56:00 +0000 Doug McCaughan http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/11/27/and-the-fifth-one-went-wii-wii-wii-all-the-way-home-empty-handed/ Looking for a wii? At the time of this posting, only eBay has them "in stock"

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  • City of Heroes
  • Everquest
  • Second Life
  • Dawn of War
  • Halo

Thank you for your feedback!

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Thanks to Cathy for the link!

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