…has been installed in the living room.
I might just get my iPad back. Lego Indiana Jones has them engrossed, and I have Lego Batman in reserve. The nice thing is, I figure that I can pick up titles for cheaper now that the Wii U is out…
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Actually, the XBox is outpacing everyone. What Nintendo did to Sega, Microsoft will do to everyone else. The Wii U and PS5 will likely be the last of their line if things keep going for those companies. It is the beginning of the end of the third phase of the console wars and Microsoft is favorited to win.
Playstation could last longer because XBox doesn’t have a big market share in Japan.
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I think Nintendo’s Wii U is the most likely to go downhill (I think Nintendo will still exist, but only in the way of making games).
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The big failing of the XBox and Playstations is a lack of backward compatibility, if their newer consoles were able to run the older games from the previous generation of console, then they would totally dominate their competition, because people would be more apt to snap up the new consoles because they could still play their old favorite games.
I recommend Wii golf and bowling as great fun for the whole family. My autistic son is some sort of Wii bowling savant. I can not beat him.
I probably wouldn’t be able to play Wii Bowling effectively at all, and I’m also on the Autistic Spectrum (wasn’t diagnosed till freshman year of College). Could be wrong though, I didn’t have a dedicated gaming console until recently.
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Not sure what you’re son’s functioning level is, but be careful how much time he spends on it as a child.
I consider him ‘medium’ functioning. At 14, He only speaks in scripts, answers yes and no questions but otherwise does not interact verbally and mostly does repeating behaviors (although the flapping is just when hes excited). On the other hand he is able do basic functions like use the bathroom and walk, which some ‘low’ functioning autistics can not. Wii bowling is great because its the only computer game he actually ‘gets’, although I think he just bowls the strikes because he thinks its funny when the pins fly around rather than any desire for a higher score.
Looks like we could form our own little club. My oldest is 10, non-verbal autistic. There are a lot of great apps for these kids on the iPad. (For some reason, not so much on Android tablets.) If you’re not already aware of them, I can suggest a few.
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She can’t play video games on the XBox, but loves watching others do so. (Sure, like I don’t have enough temptation without a little girl handing me a controller and signing “Please?” over and over.)
Could be interesting, there is a site I would have recommended but their admins are very liberal and have become increasingly partisan over the past few years, which is extremely unfortunate cause they used to be a very good place.
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One thing that frustrates me is that it is very hard to find full-time work in this economy (it’s particularly bad when one is on the spectrum, even if I once had an internship at Goddard Space Flight Center), but I digress.
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Largely my issues are limited to a lousy sense of direction unless I’ve travelled to a place several times before, hypersensitive hearing, some tactile issues, and generally being socially awkward. My hand eye coordination isn’t the greatest either.
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In any event, while people on the spectrum pride themselves on logic (particularly those whom are high-functioning), they can be just as emotionally driven as people that aren’t on the spectrum, and even less prone to listening to opposing viewpoints. It took me the longest time to learn to stop and consider multiple possibilities, something many on the spectrum have a hard time doing.
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Setting up a sight for conservatives with Autism might be an interesting idea.