Falling in love all over again

The other day Becca and I were talking about getting a Wii, and I said, "We can wait; we don't even play our GameCube, anyway." Later that day I thought to myself, "Why don't I play more often? It's fun, and a game here or there doesn't take much time." So I pulled out the controllers and checked to see what disc was already in the Cube. It was MarioKart Double Dash!!, and I've spent the last few days falling in love all over again with that great game. The Nintendo Wii version is supposed to come out this year, and all I can say is that it has big shoes to fill.

The genius of Double Dash is that it is really fun to play with other people. Becca and I played a full 16-race tournament tonight together, and it made me remember the good old days when we were dating, and we would race with my roommates. Even better, with Double Dash you can work together, with one player driving and a second player protecting the car from attacks and throwing stuff at the other players. There's nothing that will create stronger marital bonds than smashing someone else's car and taking first place. I can only hope that owning a Wii will allow us draw us that much closer together.