Tonight I played MarioKart Wii with a good friend of mine and my wife. We decided to jump onto the MarioKart Wii Wi-Fi network to take on our region of players in the world. I am extremely impressed with how easy the Wii connectivity setup is and the way MarioKart’s multiplayer is set up to where the user really doesn’t experience much of any lag at all. The team-based play all around is addicting. There came a point in tonight’s gaming where a person joined by the name of “asertea.com” and when the match started right off the bat he’s in star mode as well as gigantic mode, along with having an infinite amount of red shells shooting out at all directions at such a rapid speed that all you hear is happy music but all you see are red shells flying all over the place and everybody in the game getting tossed rampantly around the map. One thing I did find hilarious about this was that when I unlocked my Mii to be able to play in the game my Mii sounds like Barney the purple dinosaur with sayings like, “Heeeeyyyy!!” “Wooowwwwweee!” “YAAAYYY!!!” so to hear these three phrases being said rapidly over and over again as my guy is being violently thrown around a retro-SNES race track while this happy music is playing made me laugh to the point of tears.
Something tells me that if this had taken place on my PS3 in a Modern Warfare 2 server, it would not have gone so well for the hacker as the amount of sheer verbal abuse they would endure from the other players would be enough for them to seek psycho-therapy.

E3 looked great, and of the many games that are coming out I’d say I’m looking forward to “The Old Republic” the most, as well as “GoldenEye” which is coming out on the Nintendo Wii. I remember several days where I’d be up all hours of the night playing with a neighbor of mine while growing up. The moment this game gets to pre-order status I’m jumping on it.

My only real complaint about future games is that I think there needs to be a “Left 4 Dead” on the PS3. If you’re looking for a game to freak you out while you play it at night this is it. I had gone over to a friend’s house to play the original Left 4 Dead with him on his XBox 360 and it was unbelievably terrifying as we played it in a pitch-black room with surround sound hooked up in full theater-style. All I will say is I’ve never been terrified like I was in that moment. FEAR 3 is another game that is coming out that will provide some pretty freaky stuff for the player.

The future of gaming is looking very bright in my opinion, and I hope it continues to progress.

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1. Wii Music: Wii Fit and Wii Sports worked, so I should like this, right?
2. Yes, it is “ah crazy” – New Super Mario Bros. Wii
3. I am too old to play video games.
4. Wii Sports Sequel, Wii MotionPlus, and 1,000 Posts
5. Wii Boogie and The Rocketeer