Comments on: The Wii Experience http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jim Bob http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-49276 Jim Bob Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:18:47 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-49276 The Wii and cheerleading, activities that beget injuries. Hopefully, cold hands and a freezing butt is all you ever will get... http://wiihaveaproblem.com/ The Wii and cheerleading, activities that beget injuries. Hopefully, cold hands and a freezing butt is all you ever will get…

http://wiihaveaproblem.com/

]]> By: Jim Bob http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-43492 Jim Bob Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:01:18 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-43492 Yep, this site is helpful for deaf folks as they indicate whether the game has vital audio cues in order to surpass a level or mission. Just remember that these folks are in England, and the Wii has not been released over there yet. Yep, this site is helpful for deaf folks as they indicate whether the game has vital audio cues in order to surpass a level or mission. Just remember that these folks are in England, and the Wii has not been released over there yet.

]]> By: Gaming Nut http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-43420 Gaming Nut Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:28:33 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-43420 My son says Wii means "we as in us". My son says Wii means “we as in us”.

]]> By: J.J. Puorro http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-42767 J.J. Puorro Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:28:49 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-42767 Yup, that's a problem...but a lot of DVD's are already subtitled in English....hmmmmm Yup, that’s a problem…but a lot of DVD’s are already subtitled in English….hmmmmm

]]> By: Meredith http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-41912 Meredith Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:55:52 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-41912 Congrats on getting a Wii! <a href="http://www.deafgamers.com/" rel="nofollow">DeafGamers.com</a> might interest you if you haven't already seen it. Congrats on getting a Wii! DeafGamers.com might interest you if you haven’t already seen it.

]]> By: Greg http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-41872 Greg Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:52:04 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-41872 *Warning* The HD DVD(XBOX 360) and Blu-Ray(PS3) DVD movies don't support the closed captioning. These formats will do the subtitles only. Let me know if I am wrong. Wonder if it is worth to buy these machines supporting only the open captions??? *Warning*

The HD DVD(XBOX 360) and Blu-Ray(PS3) DVD movies don’t support the closed captioning. These formats will do the subtitles only.

Let me know if I am wrong. Wonder if it is worth to buy these machines supporting only the open captions???

]]> By: joseph rainmound http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40457 joseph rainmound Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:52:01 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40457 Enjoy the Wii... I have a GBA. Never have any time to sit down and play games - working three jobs these days to make ends meet... such is life! But at least I can play GBA on the subway. (FINAL FANTASY ROXXORS DUDZ! ZIDANE'S LEET! Did anyone else obsess over super nintendo and chrono trigger?) I do think naming something, as McConnell notes, after wee is probably not a good idea. But I think wee means something different in Japanese. I hope so. Enjoy the Wii… I have a GBA. Never have any time to sit down and play games - working three jobs these days to make ends meet… such is life! But at least I can play GBA on the subway. (FINAL FANTASY ROXXORS DUDZ! ZIDANE’S LEET! Did anyone else obsess over super nintendo and chrono trigger?)

I do think naming something, as McConnell notes, after wee is probably not a good idea. But I think wee means something different in Japanese. I hope so.

]]> By: julie hochgesang http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40444 julie hochgesang Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:19:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40444 Such a fun read. I love stories like this, where you feel as if you were actually there yourself. Thank you for sharing. I don't play video games. I think the last was on Atari with the game Frogger. Anyway, enjoy! Such a fun read. I love stories like this, where you feel as if you were actually there yourself. Thank you for sharing.

I don’t play video games. I think the last was on Atari with the game Frogger. Anyway, enjoy!

]]> By: Greg http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40442 Greg Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:54:27 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40442 Congrats on grabbing your Wii toy! Let us know your experience after the X-Mas day. Totally agreed with JJ Puorro's comments. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are actually not overpriced. The companies Sony and Microsoft are losing hundreds of dollars on each console, have to make some bucks by selling the expensive games and movies. I am in plan to upgrade our PS2 to PS3 for blu-ray movies and compatible ps2 games for my family. And replace GameCube with Wii, so the kids can burn out their energy during the winter :) Xbox 360 is great for gaming performance and HD movie(have to purchase the hd dvd unit separately). I decided to choose the PS3 cuz of the nice design - A/C electrical power and blu-ray drive are built inside the console unlike the Xbox 360. Sony has an excellent history of manufacturing the caption device on TV and DVD players. I have a Zenith HD DVD player for my Sony HD Wega TV but the Zenith player can't output the closed captioning, have to use the open caption instead. Congrats on grabbing your Wii toy! Let us know your experience after the X-Mas day.

Totally agreed with JJ Puorro’s comments. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are actually not overpriced. The companies Sony and Microsoft are losing hundreds of dollars on each console, have to make some bucks by selling the expensive games and movies.

I am in plan to upgrade our PS2 to PS3 for blu-ray movies and compatible ps2 games for my family. And replace GameCube with Wii, so the kids can burn out their energy during the winter :)

Xbox 360 is great for gaming performance and HD movie(have to purchase the hd dvd unit separately). I decided to choose the PS3 cuz of the nice design - A/C electrical power and blu-ray drive are built inside the console unlike the Xbox 360. Sony has an excellent history of manufacturing the caption device on TV and DVD players. I have a Zenith HD DVD player for my Sony HD Wega TV but the Zenith player can’t output the closed captioning, have to use the open caption instead.

]]> By: Virginia L. Beach http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40436 Virginia L. Beach Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:20:55 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2006-11-20/the-wii-experience/#comment-40436 Sorry Chris... I am not a gamer. Never even owned a Nintendo. I know NOTHING about gaming - the closest I ever come to it is playing internet backgammon on my computer and wondering why on earth the idiot made that stupid move. I can identify with standing in line on a cold blustery day. Been there, done that. Try standing in line on a snowy evening in Saint Paul, Minnesota on a January night - where the wind chill routinely dips below zero - waiting to get up to the movie window to buy a ticket to see the Harry Potter movie. You get the idea. Sorry Chris…

I am not a gamer. Never even owned a Nintendo. I know NOTHING about gaming - the closest I ever come to it is playing internet backgammon on my computer and wondering why on earth the idiot made that stupid move.

I can identify with standing in line on a cold blustery day. Been there, done that. Try standing in line on a snowy evening in Saint Paul, Minnesota on a January night - where the wind chill routinely dips below zero - waiting to get up to the movie window to buy a ticket to see the Harry Potter movie.

You get the idea.

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