trouble from last year<\/a> where my daughter was in the hospital after having a seizure. It has turned out to be an ongoing condition for her. She just can’t play console games or watch television for any length of time without getting dizzy and nauseous. She does much better on the computer, which I can only attribute to the higher refresh rate. It flickers less.<\/p>\nSo we can’t let her play Gamecube for any meaningful length of time. Her younger brother and sister can’t play while she is around, for fear of making her sick. This is a rotten setup for everyone, and so the Gamecube has been more or less gathering dust since January. Heather and I realized getting a Wii would be a waste of money. <\/p>\n
Instead we traded in the Gamecube, a wireless controller, the original controller, a mini controller, the bongo controller, three memory cards, and ten games<\/em>. In exchange we got a (used) Nintendo DS and a (used) copy of Animal Crossing. It seemed really crazy to hand over all of that accumulated hardware and get such a small thing in return. I was sorry to see the ‘cube go. My girls practically learned to read on that thing, and there were a few cherished titles I’ll really miss. I know we could have got a better deal selling the stuff over eBay, but neither of us has the time for that. Still, the deal is done and my little girl has a DS of her own. She can play it and the screen is small enough that it doesn’t give her any trouble. <\/p>\nWe already owned one DS, and we were thrilled to see how easy it was to get them working together. It was effortless, without needing any extra cables, adapters, or other stuff. Now the kids can play together. Everyone is excited. Thanks Nintendo. <\/p>\n
In the end I took what little was in the Wii fund (less than halfway to the price of a Wii) and picked up a refurbished Playstation 2 and a copy of GTA: Liberty City Stories. (The PS 2 will go in my office and will be off-limits to the kids.)<\/p>\n
Now I have the PS2 all set up. Works great. I forgot to get a memory card. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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