Christmas

Elias is currently making up a story, to the beat of Dr. Seuss's The Grinch Stole Christmas about him being eaten by a giant plant. I can't quote it because it's akin to the ramblings of a lunatic, but I know it involves a chimney, being eaten, the monster being surprised when he escapes the chimney, etc.

Today on Christmas the family got a Nintendo Wii, a television and Spore Hero. The latter was for Elias specifically, but the other two are because of Elias' desire for Spore Hero. He creates creatures all the time on the free Spore Creature creator, and one day he stumbled upon an advertisement for Spore Hero for the Wii. He asked us repeatedly for it and we replied that we had no TV, let alone a Wii. He was insistent and asked Santa for only that small item. I've wanted a TV for some time to replace my 24" monitor as a movie watching device, but it's been low on the budget priority list.

Out of all the consoles I would definitely have choosen a Wii because it focuses on a creative interaction device instead of raw graphics power. That makes for some really fun games instead of just beautiful games. I've noticed that whenever I play games I gradually reduce the graphics quality to get more performance out of the game play. The Wii still looks better that most games on my aging computer anyway. :)

All morning Elias has been either playing Spore Hero or pretending to be a creature from Spore Hero. This strange poem/story is the latest. I think it might be my turn to pick up the Wii Remote and Nunchuck and try out this game! :)