Gaming has gone to all new heights with the introduction of the Nintendo Wii. While this product has been on the market for awhile and is not really considered news anymore, the company is constantly adding new games and features.
Gift getting time is coming down to the wire but just in case you are like thousands of others who have not managed to finish yet here is a few words on the Nintendo Wii.
In the world of gaming you have three major competitors, Sony Playstation, Microsoft XBOX and the Nintendo Wii. All will have games that release specifically for their systems and a few different applications they are basically the same,except for the Wii.
You see both Sony and Microsoft have a gaming platform where you can play a wide variety of games both online and off and most games will release for both systems. Children can sit in front of either of these game platforms and play for hours. The key word in that sentence was SIT! No movement except in their little fingers and eyes, not exactly the most healthy scenario.
Enter Nintendo Wii the game system that gets kids up on their feet to play. Boxing games, bowling and a multitude of others all require little Johnny to get up and swing his arms in order to control the game. The innovation is in the Nintendo Wii controller, it senses movement and that movement is translated to the charecter on the screen.
Another great thing about this system is the Nintendo Wii Fit system. This is created for kids and parents alike as a way to get in shape and have fun while doing so. This system is fast selling out and from customer reviews you can see why. On Amazon there have been over 600 customer reviews, 579 of them gave the Nintendo Wii Fit a four out of five stars and the majority was five out of five.
Nintendo Wii has done what the other two cannot, created a system that does not compete! What that means is their idea is so different that people are buying a Nintendo Wii in addition to their other gaming system. Something you will rarely find Playstation or XBOX owners doing. The games are so similar with those two there is no need to purchase both.
Nintendo Wii has overcome the brand loyalty and created a new gaming audience, those who own two completely different systems!
If you have managed to get yourself or a loved one a Nintendo Wii for Christmas you might want to Click Here! This is a link to latest and greatest Nintendo Wii downloads available.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Playstation 3
Tis the season for gift giving and if you are like many people you are struggling with what to get and where to get it. Why not give eBay a shot this Christmas season? As you can see from the banner at the right Playstation 3 systems and games are a popular items.
Playstation 3 is the latest installment in the Sony line of gaming systems. This new system actually released about two years ago in the United States, Playstation 3 is still the most sought after game system.
What makes Playstation 3 stand out from other similar systems is the on board blue ray player. This among other things have made playstation outpace X-Box 360 even though it is priced much lower than the playstation 3.
Fun online play and tons of free downloadable demos makes this a better buy for the buck. However if four hundred dollars is a bit much for you to shell out this holiday season consider purchasing you Playstation 3 on eBay instead.
Already have your playstation 3 but have had problems with it after the warranty ran out? Purchase a system for parts on eBay starting for as little as $20.00! Never hurts to have back up parts for an expensive gaming system.
All in all we love our playstation 3! We bought ours last year and needless to say it has seen many hours of play. So far we have had no issues with the playstation we purchased and like I said we have had it awhile. We love the graphics and especially the built in Blue Ray player. Now we can upgrade to blue ray movies without the cost of a player.
Playstation 3 is the latest installment in the Sony line of gaming systems. This new system actually released about two years ago in the United States, Playstation 3 is still the most sought after game system.
What makes Playstation 3 stand out from other similar systems is the on board blue ray player. This among other things have made playstation outpace X-Box 360 even though it is priced much lower than the playstation 3.
Fun online play and tons of free downloadable demos makes this a better buy for the buck. However if four hundred dollars is a bit much for you to shell out this holiday season consider purchasing you Playstation 3 on eBay instead.
Already have your playstation 3 but have had problems with it after the warranty ran out? Purchase a system for parts on eBay starting for as little as $20.00! Never hurts to have back up parts for an expensive gaming system.
All in all we love our playstation 3! We bought ours last year and needless to say it has seen many hours of play. So far we have had no issues with the playstation we purchased and like I said we have had it awhile. We love the graphics and especially the built in Blue Ray player. Now we can upgrade to blue ray movies without the cost of a player.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Cell Phones and Insurance
If you have ever purchased a cell phone then you have been offered insurance for it. It sounds fairly reasonable, a few dollars a month for cell phone insurance and if anything goes wrong with your two hundred dollar cell phone then you are covered. Well maybe, there is this pesky little problem of a deductible you may have to pay.
It does not sound so bad to pay fifty dollars for a deductible on your cell phone insurance, however there are times when it may be ridiculous. Take our situation for example. My husband lost the back to his Razor V-3m cell phone. No big deal we will just run down to the cell phone retail outlet and pick one up. No, that would not be the case, because they do not carry them. You must get a completely new cell phone. Oh, well ok we have insurance that will be fine ahhh.... but we forgot about the deductible so now we can pay $50 to replace a perfectly good cell phone or have no battery cover!
We found another way, one of those decorative plastic covers is now covering the battery of my husbands Razor cell phone and the cell phone insurance we purchased was useless. It may be better to put the few dollars a month you pay for cellphone insurance in a savings account and just buy a cell phone should a problem arise. Just my opinion, you are free to take it or leave it.
It does not sound so bad to pay fifty dollars for a deductible on your cell phone insurance, however there are times when it may be ridiculous. Take our situation for example. My husband lost the back to his Razor V-3m cell phone. No big deal we will just run down to the cell phone retail outlet and pick one up. No, that would not be the case, because they do not carry them. You must get a completely new cell phone. Oh, well ok we have insurance that will be fine ahhh.... but we forgot about the deductible so now we can pay $50 to replace a perfectly good cell phone or have no battery cover!
We found another way, one of those decorative plastic covers is now covering the battery of my husbands Razor cell phone and the cell phone insurance we purchased was useless. It may be better to put the few dollars a month you pay for cellphone insurance in a savings account and just buy a cell phone should a problem arise. Just my opinion, you are free to take it or leave it.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Rock Band Review
We finally did it, we gave in and paid nearly $400.00 for a playstation 3. I thought that would be the end of big expenditures for a few days, boy was I wrong! The lovely men of my house decided they absolutely could not live without the newest, koolest game on the planet. So being the loving wife and mother I am, I smiled as we walked away from the store with a big box and without my $170.00 plus tax. We were the proud owners of Rock Band. Which included drums,guitar and microphone for the whole family to play!
I was skeptical at first that Rock Band would hold anyone attention for more than a week. But thankfully I was wrong my son and husband were hooked, making their own bands, getting funky hair cuts and tattos! They were in hog heaven! The game was difficult enough for a challenge but easy enough for me to get a few good gigs in on the drums. I think the producers may have a winner in Rock Band. Except for a few minor problems, like the equipment is crap and you can not return it to the store you purchased it from! We had this game less than 2 months and the guitar malfunctioned. The wammy bar would not work at all. Well we attempted to return it only to be shown the yellow dot on the INSIDE of the box flap that stated we were to contact the website to get it replaced. The official site was a bit difficult to navigate and unless you had a credit card you were not getting help anytime soon! To get the guitar shipped immediately you were to allow them to but $175.00 hold on your account to ensure you returned the bad one. That would not be so bad but it took them 60 days to release our money after they received the defective product. Very frustrating to say the least.
Whithin a month the new Rock Band guitar has begun to have problems and the foot peddle broke on the drum set. At this point I am very fed up with Rock Band and their periphials. The game was a great concept poorly executed. There needs to be better quality equipment and in store returns. All in all I could not recommend this game, the price point is way to high for the shoddy workmanship.
I was skeptical at first that Rock Band would hold anyone attention for more than a week. But thankfully I was wrong my son and husband were hooked, making their own bands, getting funky hair cuts and tattos! They were in hog heaven! The game was difficult enough for a challenge but easy enough for me to get a few good gigs in on the drums. I think the producers may have a winner in Rock Band. Except for a few minor problems, like the equipment is crap and you can not return it to the store you purchased it from! We had this game less than 2 months and the guitar malfunctioned. The wammy bar would not work at all. Well we attempted to return it only to be shown the yellow dot on the INSIDE of the box flap that stated we were to contact the website to get it replaced. The official site was a bit difficult to navigate and unless you had a credit card you were not getting help anytime soon! To get the guitar shipped immediately you were to allow them to but $175.00 hold on your account to ensure you returned the bad one. That would not be so bad but it took them 60 days to release our money after they received the defective product. Very frustrating to say the least.
Whithin a month the new Rock Band guitar has begun to have problems and the foot peddle broke on the drum set. At this point I am very fed up with Rock Band and their periphials. The game was a great concept poorly executed. There needs to be better quality equipment and in store returns. All in all I could not recommend this game, the price point is way to high for the shoddy workmanship.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Saving Money on Electronics
Wanting that new gadget fresh on the market? There are a few things you may want to consider. The first thing I learned about computers and technology was as soon as it gets to the store shelf it is already obsolete. In fact it is six months behind the available knowledge. Now this alone does not equal an immediate savings, but the knowledge can help us to reign in the impulse to run out and buy the new release. I mean who wants to pay full price for out dated technology? Armed with this new information it is wisdom to wait a few months to upgrade your equipment. Also you will have time to acertain whether there will be fatal flaws in the gadget. Prime example from my home would be the new Rockband video game for PS3, had we waited to hear the reviews we would not have bought it so quickly. The guitars wammy bar is prone to problems and you have to mail them into the company to get a new one.
Now that we have determined to wait you can be sure that Best Buy and Circuit City will soon be putting that new blu-ray player on sale. If you can not wait and have to have it right now, do yourself a huge favor and comparison shop until you drop. Wal-Mart will price match many items from competitors within a forty-mile radius. Well thats all the grand wisdom for today.
Now that we have determined to wait you can be sure that Best Buy and Circuit City will soon be putting that new blu-ray player on sale. If you can not wait and have to have it right now, do yourself a huge favor and comparison shop until you drop. Wal-Mart will price match many items from competitors within a forty-mile radius. Well thats all the grand wisdom for today.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Where to Get Your Electronics Online
In todays fast paced world getting what we want how we want it has become the motto of most of us. Call it the Burger King mentality if you will, "My Way Right Away, and in this frame of mind we have traditionally spent more for things than in times past. But oh how times are a changing? With gasoline at all time highs every day and with it the cost of everything else we are tempted to forego most of the impulse buys that have moved our economy for years. At the same time our technological advances make it neccesary to update our home computers, game systems and even our cell phones. So how in this economic time can we keep up and not break the bank? I can give you a couple of ideas that have worked for our average working family over the past couple of years.
The first place I always look is on Ebay. There has been loads of complaints lately about increased fees and such but I have found that all in all it has not hurt the quantity of auction items available. The prices have increased on shipping, but that is to be expected and a few minutes of camparitive shopping on the site will tell you who is padding their shipping cost and who is not.
While ebay would be the first place I look my favorite site would have to be Newegg. This site has it all, from combo deals that allow point and click to purchase a new home computer to the ability to custom build a system specific to your needs. The site is absolutely user friendly but be careful to check compatibility of components should you decide to build your own. But wait the fun does not end there! Along with every computer accesory that I have ever heard of they also have digital cameras and accessories, laptops, game systems and cell phones just to name a few. This site truly has it all. I know that this post reads like an advertisement but I assure you all my rave is from personal experience. We custom built our home computer from the ground up with just a little help from my brother. All of our order was delivered in a timely and assembly was quite simple. Important to note my brother did help us with assembly but he is not a computer technician he achieved all his knowledge through tinkering with his own systems. All in all our experience with newegg was top notch and without complaint.
The first place I always look is on Ebay. There has been loads of complaints lately about increased fees and such but I have found that all in all it has not hurt the quantity of auction items available. The prices have increased on shipping, but that is to be expected and a few minutes of camparitive shopping on the site will tell you who is padding their shipping cost and who is not.
While ebay would be the first place I look my favorite site would have to be Newegg. This site has it all, from combo deals that allow point and click to purchase a new home computer to the ability to custom build a system specific to your needs. The site is absolutely user friendly but be careful to check compatibility of components should you decide to build your own. But wait the fun does not end there! Along with every computer accesory that I have ever heard of they also have digital cameras and accessories, laptops, game systems and cell phones just to name a few. This site truly has it all. I know that this post reads like an advertisement but I assure you all my rave is from personal experience. We custom built our home computer from the ground up with just a little help from my brother. All of our order was delivered in a timely and assembly was quite simple. Important to note my brother did help us with assembly but he is not a computer technician he achieved all his knowledge through tinkering with his own systems. All in all our experience with newegg was top notch and without complaint.
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