Mario Kart isn't for the weak

I've gone on and on before about how much I love my Wii player for my Wii Fit. I still love it! I'm still doing yoga, strength training, balance and the aerobic daily, except weekends. But now I must confess that I also play games on it.

--and this is detrimental to my writing.

Why? All of these games eat into my writing time, but my hubster and kiddo are blowing me away and I have to try to catch up, don't I?

If you don't have Mario Kart, get it. And get the game wheel--a steering wheel that you put the controller into. Like many other games you have to get good or win some of the races before you open up more characters, more races, more cars, or motorcycles.

I finally managed to get gold medals across 8 cups (4 races each) in the 50 cc for cars. Hubster and kiddo are racing in the 150 cc races and have placed in all, though not all gold--all gold will open another level of racing. Uh, did I mention that there is a whole level of 100cc races that I haven't managed to conquer? Yeah, I'm that far behind. The more you play, the meaner the other computer images get. There's nothing like getting hip checked on Rainbow Road and flying off into space . . . A LOT.

I'm not a game player, never got into PacMan when it came out or any of the others. It wasn't until I met my hubster that I actually started playing video games. Digg Dugg comes to mind.
And like an idiot, I play with full body movement. Moving the controller to the left or right doesn't make them go that way, the little arrows on the controller do.

Yeah, I don't play much. And when I do, my thumbs hurt (arthritis) and my shoulders tense up. I need a massage after each session. Relaxing it is not. But fun.

I wonder if they'll come up with some sort of ergonomic type of controller for those of us with thumb issues. And my thumb problems have arisen from 20+ years of horseback riding, not video games.

Getting old sucks, doesn't it? What do you do to keep yourself in the know and young?

Write on!