@Y2KGTP: They have science projects at third grade? For me it was 4th, and it wasn't too shabby either. I won 3rd placed, and beat my brother who came in 4th. o.o Whee, 5 bucks, boy did that seem like a lot of money then.

bbfreak

Don't be so quick to brush those kids off. Many of you forget: it's often the kids that teach parents how to use modern electronics, not vice versa.

DisposableInterloper

@trampas:

Fair enough, I didn't look that close.

The point's still kinda valid though. It's a PC game not a Wii game.

Bender

very clever idea

Amiash

awesome.

Kricket

That would be perfect for the Bull Racing mini-game that comes with Wii Play. You hold the remote sideways (like it is mounted on the horse) and tile left and right to steer, forward and back for fast and slow.

Wicked cool idea!

DickNervous

that would be the best drunkin night of my life...

mikeysnipa

one more thing: smart family, bad accents.

thomaskr

I am so buying that rocking horse peripheral for my Wii now.

Trowble

Not sure what the laptop is for, but it's not acting as a rearview mirror. It's the same screen on both.

Seems pretty real to me....to bad I had to put my spring-bound rocking horse out to pasture so many years ago...'sniffle' sure do miss you Mr. Ed 'sniffle'

trampas

@napes22: I was just about to write that. They're playing "NFS:Most Wanted" on the PC. That game isn't out for the Wii (and frankly, the graphics just give it away). The kicker was the laptop. If they had only played one of the crappy Wii racers, we might have bought that the kids did it themselves.

Anyway, good work, dad!

thomaskr

@SEEEB

They aren't playing a Wii game. They are using the WiiMote as a PC controller.

Don't believe me? Look at the laptop next to the TV acting as a rear view mirror. Last time I checked, Wii can't do that.

Bender

Excite Truck

napes22

Fake. The controller is mounted sideways on the horse. Name ONE game where moving the controller forward results in a right turn...

seeeb

Very Cool

rjlewis74

Who cares who made it, as long as it's made of pure win? This is.

Billkwando

I could see a kid figuring that out.

Dirk

Does anybody go outside and play anymore?

Rotgut

@Y2KGTP: It's a view out or walk out basement. We have a similar setup.

I like the mod - I'll have to try something like that with my kid's toys.

xhx

@Y2KGTP: House is built into a hill?

It happens.

strider_mt2k

With the abundsance of light & doors & the fireplace....where did the basement location come from?

Y2KGTP

@decerbo:
I hate that....one of our kids 3rd grade project....build a Chicago building. 1 kid comes in with a 4' smoke colored plexi sears tower with a working elevator....I'm sure a 3rd grader built that....

Y2KGTP

lol nice, nice !

Bllo

Yeah, like the dad didn't set that up. Man, parents are always doing that type of stuff - building their kid's science fair projects and shit.

decerbo

@Y2KGTP: Looks like they are playing a PC game with the Wii remote acting as a Bluetooth controller.

AGiES

Lol that's great.

Saboth

I smell speeder bike sim...

AGiES

THAT is friggin AWESOME.

multimoog

What's with the laptop?

Y2KGTP

Smart kids... wish I had this stuff growing up. Wait, I do. :)

yoshi

Aw man that's awesome!

Great idea!

strider_mt2k

cool mod, kids seem to totally dig it. kudos dad.

banmojo

@bbfreak: My 3rd grade science fair was awesome, I had an automated space shuttle that my dad made.

gokor

I still think its a neat idea despite it being a PC and not an actual wii game.

MadModderX

Hell. Fucking. No.

GLaiV3

@bbfreak:

1st Grade Science Fair - my dad and I made a working, full-sized solar panel. It was so effective, that I won the science fair and it was submitted to Brookhaven National Laboratory's science fair. I placed honorable mention to some plant, greenhouse shit.

acemonster

So why is there a laptop right beside it?

loadedthorn

They need to sooo make a race horse/competition/rodeo game now!!!

GoredBushed