Comments on: New Year's '07

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:29:00 +0000

@amy — Thanks! A point-and-shoot is pretty limited, so it gets to a point where your camera becomes the bottleneck for photography (of course, there are those who can still take amazing photos with basic cameras like Lomos, but I think the effect gets old quickly). I think you should get a new camera, especially since you have kids, I’d be happy to answer any questions you have.

I’ve always been terrible at Trivial Pursuit, except for the pop culture edition. You’ll be able to play board games like Trivial Pursuit with them eventually (and then be amazed at how much they know). And having parties without kids is something that’d be hard to agree on, I imagine.

It’s not snowing very much over here…it’s actually the warmest winter on record. I miss the snow, but everyone (who drives) tells me that they don’t miss it at all. I’m sure they’d all rather be over on the West.

@Pita — I have the opposite theory. I think the Wii is great for guests because the learning curve is so low they can continually get better, even when they’re not playing regularly. It’s not good for the hardcore gamers, because the gameplay isn’t really deep enough to spend hours and hours practicing.

By: Causalien

Causalien — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:18:54 +0000

Wii is great for the first time and parties.
I don’t think the novelty will carry on when guests see the same game a second time.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:53:12 +0000

sure love your pics, they have that elusive magazine quality to them
my quick lil point and shoot cant hold a candle to those, even with post editing

sigh
if I had the time to pursue a new hobby
I’d be asking you what kind of camera you’re using

I miss parties with lots of games..
the parties we go to now, everyone is too busy chasing their own kids around to sit and play a game
I used to ROCK trivial pursuit
love board games and all the socializing that goes with it

we did make it to a new years party WITHOUT the kids..but most of our friends had their kids there..wasn’t the same

perhaps next year we’ll try a different approach
i saw in the pics ya got snow there..
did ya hear we got over 10 cm rain from jan 1 to jan 2?
gotta love the wet coast
least we dont have to shovel it
haha

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:29:45 +0000

I’d still rather have a PS3 myself. The Wii graphics are rather cartoonish; there isn’t really a great sense of immersion.

By: Bean

Bean — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:06:08 +0000

I thought for sure it would be outdone by the ps3 but everyone is raving about wii. Still, until they have FF, they will never have this little black duck! :p