It’s a very special Blog Blast, brought to you by Parent Bloggers Network and EA Games, who have released a new game for the Nintendo Wii called the Wii-Boogie. It’s a family game that everyone ten and up can play, and you create characters and then make them sing and dance together. So, get it? Wii-Boogie? WE-Boogie? Genius!
The theme of this Blog Blast is “A Family That Plays Together, Stays Together,” which is why this is the IDEAL post for me to do. You see, my family? Plays videogames together. Unless the boys are at a sleepover, we get together every Friday night for this unbreakable ritual:
Take-out pizza and breadsticks, which are eaten in the living room on the coffee table, and
Video games. Lego Star Wars 1 and 2, Halo 1 and 2, the newest Harry Potter game, anything from the Legends of Zelda collection- we eat, and then we play videogames. Since there are four of us, we take turns playing two-player games, or controlling the character in a one-player game. I don’t care for the shooting-type games, so I usually sit those out.
Our first game system was a Nintendo 64, purchased when Ryan was four. When the GameCube came out, I went to Best Buy the day after Thanksgiving and stood in line for two and a half hours to buy one. Both of the boys have GameBoys, as well. The only Nintendo system we don’t own (YET!) is the Wii. And believe me, I WANT ONE. I think the idea of having the controller be how you actually control the game is BRILLIANT. And now there is this brand-new game the Wii-Boogie, where you create a character, and then use the controller to make everyone’s characters dance together! Because the game is rated 10 and up, the songs that are included are all PG (no bad words in Pink’s “Get the Party Started”, for example).
Friday pizza and videogame night is our family’s way of making time that is just for us. Our kids look forward to it all week. I think it’s important to have times that kids can count on, when they know that they will have their parents undivided attention. I also think it’s important for families to find activities that everyone enjoys, and for us, that is videogames! But unlike regular videogames that we play, what I find so appealing about Nintendo Wii games, and especially the Boogie game, is that it would get us all up off the couches and floor and get us moving, something we could all benefit from.
So, how does your family spend quality time together? What is your favorite family activity? Write a post today answering these questions:
What are your favorite family activities and how do you find the quality family time?
And if you don’t have quality family time, how do you make up for it? What challenges do you face?
Send your post TITLE and URL to parentbloggers@gmail.com, and you will be entered in a drawing to win either the Grand Prize, a Nintendo Wii and a Boogie game, or be one of three people to win a Boogie game! If you mention Parent Bloggers Network in your post, please link to http://blog.parentbloggers.com/, and if you mention the Wii-Boogie game, please link to http://www.wii-boogie.com. Good luck to all of us, but honestly, I really hope *I* win!
This post is brought to you in conjunction with Parent Bloggers Network & EA’s Wii-Boogie, a family gaming experience. Shake it. Sing it. Create it.
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Videogame night sounds like a ton of fun!
I’d love to see you win, too. That is if I don’t win.
I do love game night. It’s so much fun.
The whole family had a riot the week I brought a Wii home. It was fun watching my 35 year old wife feverishly swinging her arms and hips playing Wario Ware. This system is great for everyone in the family, not just the malcontent teens and sub-teens.
Dana- It is a lot of fun! Especially when the boys (Chris included) play, they really get into it.
Raesmom- Thanks! Good luck to you too!
AV- Thanks for the comment! If I win the Wii, I’m sure Wario would be one of our purchases
Sounds like it’s a good workout, too!
I also recommend “Rayman Raving Rabbids”. It’s a collection of really fun, short attention span mini games. The game was designed by Michel Ansel, who has a history of making great games with an off-kilter and very funny sense of humor.
A sequel will be out in time for the holidays.
AV- Thanks for that tip! My kids had a Rayman game for their PC once, and they loved playing it!
I can’t wait until we get a Wii and games to go with it! It is so on top of the wish list for all of us … even me! lol
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