Episode 24: The Wii U cometh!

     The Wii U cometh, and verily it mayest become the most important device in thine living room, second only to the TV! What am I talking about? I'm guessing that most people that follow gadget and video game websites know almost everything I'm going to say here, so they probably won't click on this particular article on my blog anyway. This article isn't for those that visit Engadget and IGN every other day. It's for those that saw the title of the article and thought "what?!?" so I'm going to write this article with the assumption that my reader has absolutely no clue what a Wii is, talk less of what the Wii U is.

               What is the Wii U?
          The Wii U is Nintendo's latest game console and is the successor to their Nintendo Wii. It is the first 8th generation game console (the Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 are all 7th generation consoles). Much more than just gaming, it offers the most complete infotainment choices from a single non-mobile device since the desktop computer, and is better suited to the living room than your PC is. The Wii U's unique feature is it's Gamepad, which has a capacitive touchscreen built in, making the Gamepad look like a tablet with the usual buttons and analog sticks expected on a video game controller. In this article, I will focus mainly on the non-gaming features of the Wii U to show you why I believe that more than just being a game console that is booted only for gaming, this may soon become as common in most living rooms as the TV already is.

This video shows off most of Wii U's features, gaming and otherwise

Episode 11: Wedding Bells in England

           First of all, let me apologize for not posting on this blog for about a month. I’ve been ridiculously busy. Weddings tend to make people busy and I still had other things to attend to. No, I didn’t get married. I was the best man. My mum passed on just before I turned eleven (I miss her). That was eleven years ago. My dad, like the God fearing man he is, didn’t remarry until God showed him his new wife (and simultaneously showed my dad to the lady) before they ever met!

        The wedding took place in England so as the best man, I had the opportunity of going to England for the first time. I spent eight days there; two days in Loudwater, Highwycombe, another three days in Bromley, then two days in Camden and finally my last day in Highwycombe again. I’ll try to be as brief as possible when talking about what I spent my time doing so I don’t bore you to death, but let’s just say that my five-month shopping spree went out with a bang!

                                             My Dad and my new mum.

         I left Nigeria on the same day that my school resumed. I had spent my holiday doing my Industrial Training as a software programmer at my dad’s office. Wedding preparations, rounding up my I.T work, I didn’t have time to blog. In fact, when I finally got back to school, I didn’t get my I.T report ready before the deadline so come Monday, I’ll find out whether I’ll be able to submit after paying some sort of fine or whether I’m going to lose all the marks for my I.T.

       What DID I do in the UK? Well, I have three paternal uncles there, each of which has two daughters, and the one of them has a son. In other words, I have seven cousins in the UK, who I hardly ever get to hang out with. The only boy among them didn’t leave Nigeria until he was almost done with high school, but of the six girls, I had only met two once (I mean once) before. I really had fun hanging out with my family. There’s this inexplicable love between family members, even when you haven’t really spent time together before. It doesn’t hurt that all my aunties, including those in Nigeria, are always trying to overfeed me.

My wonderful cousins. You can check out Tasha's (Girl in green) blog, tashloves.blogspot.com for short posts on everything Christian and Fashion.

        I spent most of my time in the UK alternating between shopping for myself and (more on that in a minute), shopping for the wedding with my dad and uncles, hanging out with my family members, and for the two days I spent in Camden (in one of my closest friend’s home), hanging out with my Nigerian friends. The wedding was on Saturday so on Sunday after church, my uncle took me to Liverpool street, we went to Chinatown and had lunch (shark fin soup! Also, pineapple fritters are awesome), then I went on a tour bus with my high school friend, Baby Spice. Remember, I use aliases on my blog when referring to people I know. I would never use their real names without their permission.

             Baby spice and I went on a tour bus. While I spent most of my time on the open-roof upper deck so I could take pictures, she stayed on the lower deck to stay away from the cold. There were these two chicks on the upper deck that were trying to get a shot of themselves kissing so I walked over and asked “need help with that?”. One of them looks at me like “mmmmkay!” and hands me their camera. So I used the camera dual-wielding technique I learnt at the wedding and took a shot of them with their camera in my right hand and my camera in my left hand. Enjoy the eye candy!

      And I didn't get the first pic right, so they had to kiss a third time!