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Honestly, it's embarrassing
I love my Nintendo Wii... And while I already look like a dork swinging imaginary tennis rackets you can be assured of a whole new level of dorkiness now that Dance Dance Revolution is available for the Wii.
But I won't be alone. I was visiting the San Francisco Fed two weeks ago, and a Wii was hooked up to a movie screen in the cafeteria. This time it was Wii tennis, but think about the possibilities: next time dancing economists?
Two remaining questions:
Posted by Justin Wolfers on October 3, 2007 at 08:36 AM | Permalink
Comments
unbewiivable!
Posted by: shawn at Oct 3, 2007 9:00:58 AM
I'm an avid DDR player (youtube: SilasX) and got a Wii at launch, but I haven't gotten the DDR for the Wii
yet because it only comes bundled with an inferior pad that I don't want :-( (Tyler_Cowen will probably do an economic analysis of that reasoning...) Also, I heard Supernova 2
has a bad scoring system.
So, I'll probably wait...
Posted by: Person at Oct 3, 2007 9:09:32 AM
I'm a somewhat avid DDR player as well, though I'm pretty bad at it.
I wonder how many other economists will admit to liking the game?
Posted by: Mike Moffatt at Oct 3, 2007 9:11:11 AM
DDR is an excellent game. Much fun to be had there.
Posted by: Russ Nelson at Oct 3, 2007 9:31:07 AM
Not as embarrassing as misspelling both "embarrassing" and "it's" in the title!
Posted by: TR at Oct 3, 2007 9:51:42 AM
It is emb'g!!! Fixed now. Thanks TR.
Posted by: Justin Wolfers at Oct 3, 2007 10:01:19 AM
Economists follow arrows to indicate the direction that the economy will take. DDR players follow arrows to indicate the direction that their feet will take. DDR is thus a natural fit for economists.
Posted by: Lizzie at Oct 3, 2007 11:15:28 AM
Whatever did happen with Tyler and Civ iv? I remember saying it was going to be a Christmas present, but then never heard anything more.
Posted by: vpm at Oct 3, 2007 12:12:47 PM
It's all about ExciteTruck, I'm afraid.
At least until the Mario Golf game comes out. Wii Sports' only flaw is there are only the nine holes of golf.
Posted by: Al at Oct 3, 2007 1:41:22 PM
DDR is Wiitarded, and original NES PowerPad had better sports games.
Posted by: 8 at Oct 3, 2007 4:58:49 PM
I bought DDR a few years ago as a gift to my wife (and for the family) at Christmas. My wife hated it.
About 3 months ago, I hooked up the game and used it to lose weight. I can work off about 400 calories in a half hour.
That said, my family bought a Wii in February. I play golf and tennis with my 5 year old daughter and bought (YES I DID) DDR the day it came out for the Wii.
...One of the all time greatest games. Here's to bald pear shaped men who look like dorks! Here's got some fun exercise!
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