As alluded to, Jill is not an early adopter of new technology. And while I'm generally interested in new technology, I don't generally get the newest and the shiniest objects. [Note: Jill will likely vehemently disagree with this, but I argue that a new computer every nine years is not an unreasonable expectation].
So the Wii (thank you Santa! fulfilling section 3.1.6 of the Omnibus Santa / Smith agreement) was a major upgrade for us. Jill's brother Cary (an early adopter if ever there was one) gave us his Nintendo 64 several years ago, allowing us to play Super Mario World non-stop for a summer. Before that, my previous gaming system was an Atari system in the 70's that had a cassette-tape loading system. We bought one game, and it took (seriously) 30 minutes to load the game onto the machine. And the game had something to do with moving a red dot around the screen chasing a green dot. I believe I played it twice.
Oh, and there was the time I really wanted one of those Coleco hand-held football games and I told my family that it was the ONE THING I wanted for my birthday and they bought me a Simon. Beep? Beep. Beep beep? Beep beep. Beep beep beep? Beep beep beep.
Apparently gaming technology has made a few improvements since the 70's. The Wii is one of the very coolest things EVER. I can bowl! I can box! I can play tennis! I can do several other things after I save up $50 for another game! I can golf! Actually, I can't golf. Not sure the trick to that one. But given some more practice, I could golf!
Thanks Santa! My parents convinced me that growing up Jewish and getting a few small presents for Hannukah was the same as having a Santa Claus. Well meaning? Sure. Cost saving? Yes (but likely not the reason). Completely full of flaming poop? Uh-huh.
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