Let Jesus into your wii????

I like playing with the Wii.  But this is just a bit odd.

Want to play as Jesus?  No thanks.  Want to play against Jesus?  not in the slightest - there is something in me which just doesn’t want to add further insult to injury, especially not this weekend.  So I’m not boxing him, or beating him at golf, or attacking him with a lightsaber.   Just working on getting my voice back for tomorrow.

From the Mission Bay Community Church Website:

This Easter Sunday, we will provide anyone who attends church with a Jesus Mii for their Nintendo Wii console. Just bring your Wii Remote or Wii and we’ll transfer a Jesus Mii to your system.

Then you, too, can box with Jesus, golf with Him, or even bowl with Him! A night bowling with Jesus? What could be better? Especially if you get that turkey and best Him by 100 points! Don’t worry;—He’ll forgive you. 

Gaming Madness vs Gaming Joy

I play Lord of the Rings online. I’ve never played World of Warcraft, but I understand its pretty similar in several ways. One of the most annoying similarities is the willingness of some players to pay real world money for in-game items, cash or even paying a power-levelling service to play the game for them in order to get their character to as high an experience level as possible as quickly as possible. Strikes me as a bit mad, really. I dont understand the mentality of a gamer who will pay £30 for a game, £9 per month to play it and then pay someone else to play it for them. Or will spend even more of their hard earned cash on fictional money to buy fictional items for their game character. Its not that difficult to gain experience and cash in games such as these - go out and hit stuff, pick up what they drop and sell it to another player or a non-player vendor. Alternatively, there are quests to complete, some more demanding and involved than others, which will give rewards of better skills, weapons, cash, experience or armour (or all of the above). Its easy, really.

But there’s a whole industry out there of power-levelling sites and game gold sellers. People who use such services risk having their game accounts banned if they’re caught. So what do you do if that happens? Sell your character to another equally foolish player it appears - for $9700. Full story here.

On a less mad note (or maybe more…), since we bought the Wii  Alan has been dreaming of the perfect game, one in which he will wield his controller as a lightsabre.  Finally he’s a happy bunny. I would say he was speechless at the news, if his speech had returned. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will most likely be coming to a rectory in Glasgow in the spring!

white goods and games…

Not sure how other clergy manage to spend their days off, but for me it usually entails catching up on those household jobs which are left undone during the week.  Or shopping.  On rotten days, when the housework’s done, I play games: board games, card games, computer games, it doesnt matter.   Alan is the same, and on a rotten bank holiday (the few days off in the year Alan and I actually get together), we play games together. Often we can be found spending free time playing games online with friends, chatting over teamspeak and spending time with people we dont see very often. Ocasionally, Alan will be dragged kicking and screaming to the shops for some important or large purchase.

Alan’s off work, so yesterday we headed off to Glasgow’s cathedral of commerce (AKA Braehead) to purchase a large white box to sit in the kitchen, replacing  the one that died last week.  Once we’d chosen the item in question, he took a wander around the store, as I sorted delivery dates and recycling of the dead machine with the sales assistant.  He bought a Wii.

To be fair, we had talked about the possibility of its purchase.  We had listened to pals raving about the madness. It wasn’t completely an impulse buy.  When it launched last year, we watched on in amazement as it was demonstrated on Five’s Gadget Show.

And it really is FUN! We got home, unpacked it and spent the next several hours jumping around the lounge like manic teenagers, waving the little white controller at the screen and laughing hysterically at each other.  Never let it be said that the gaming generation sits on its rear end all day and never does anything energetic. If you’re ever thinking of buying a games console for yourself or a family member, you need a Wii.

stopping now - my arms are sore…