A Wii-Lii Good Time (Groan!) - Why You Should Keep Hold of Your Wii Beyond 2011

The Nintendo Wii is a machine of seemingly limitless possibility. By bringing arcade-style gaming back into the home, with all its immediacy, coin-op simplicity and potential for public humiliation intact, Nintendo have discovered a very basic, and very profitable, piece of information; video games are supposed to be fun. Somewhere, along a derelict road littered with multi-disc epics, hyperbolic adjectives and a rampant desire to prove that games are a 'legitimate' source of entertainment, home gaming forgot the fun. Stories had become impossibly po-faced and ponderous; heroes metamorphosed into whiny navel-gazing wankers and video games became as over-the-top as an Axl Rose funeral, directed by Michael Bay. In the rain. Wii games to the rescue, then.
By the time the Wii hit centre stage, video game sales were up, but the simple, iconic 'plug-in and play' titles, with no console to support them, had been relegated to the back alleys of the Internet, the exclusive domain of bored net users in between porn-site excursions at 3AM. The Wii announced, in enormous neon letters for all to see, that games for the sake of gaming were back. It was like going back in time to 1974 and watching The Ramones play CBGBs for the very first time. Maybe you aren't ready for that stuff yet, but your kids are gonna love it.

Tetris Axis - Nintendo 3DS

No matter what gaming platform you find on the market, Tetris has a version for it. Nintendo hasn't forgotten the legend that led the way forward in gaming and recently released Tetris Axis.
No one can deny that the first Tetris kicks serious butt and just about everyone played it, whether you were a gaming fan or not. Even my grandmother played Tetris, and she can't even use a calculator. With over 20 years of existence and hundreds of new versions appearing since then each featuring new modes and gameplay, Axis needs some spectacular gimmicks to make it worthwhile. Almost everyone already played it to death and what incentive is there to play a 20 year old game?
Axis has over 20 modes to play the world's favorite block game. Besides the classic mode you can revert to Tetromino mode, which is a fast paced crazy action which will send your brain into overdrive. Stage Racer is another mode that will have you building blocks in a scrolling downward maize of mayhem. Tower Climber lets you stack blocks around a cylindrical tower. Bombliss lets you trigger explosions to clear blocks.
It's true that all modes will not appeal to everyone, hence gamers will find their favorite mode and stick with it. With such a vast variety it's unlikely to find fault with the game. The game is still as addictive as ever and provides endless fun for the whole family.

Use The Xbox to Learn Piano Or Keyboard As Well As Your Games Console And Get The Most Out Of It

Although the Xbox has been mainly used for gaming, because of its connectivity to the internet it can be used for so much more these days including learning to play piano or keyboard.
Most people have their game consoles set up in their spare room or study room, and this is the room where people chill out after a long day at the office, so it's a perfect area to set up a piano or keyboard.
The Xbox is a fantastic gaming console, and is very popular with both the younger generation and adults.
There are so many features to the Xbox, including, being able to connect it to your iPod, to play music, play audio devices streamed from your PC for example films, music videos photos and mp3 files.
You can also play games through the internet for free.
There are many more educational products available now too, so why not use it to learn how to play piano or keyboard yourself?