I've heard about the Wii and all the sports you can play with a handheld controller but I was always skeptical about how effective and how fun they were. Today, I finally laid my hands on a Wii, at the Wii Sports Resort pop-up tents at South Street Seaport. There were tents set up for every sport (canoeing, swordplay, basketball to name a few) and friendly staff in Hawaiian shirts to assist players.

 The first game I tried was Canoeing, and I have to say that after 15 seconds, I felt very awkward rowing with a controller. Next up was Basketball, which was pretty fun, but it was probably because I'm more familiar with the sport. I did enjoy Swordplay, which consisted of lots of whacking and slashing. Nevertheless, I still felt weird moving around while not really moving around. I think I'll stick to the real sport. Great event though! There were even pretty resort chais set up.