![]() You see, I hardly ever play real golf - and I’ve never played with Joy - but I have been playing golf video games fairly seriously for about two decades now. I’m the volatile, emotional one, and she has always been the cool, calm and collected older sister figure in our relationship.Īt least it was that way until I started taking her (fictional) money on the (fictional) golf course. Now I have to point out that in the 24 years I’ve known her, I have never seen Joy lose her temper. Because she’s a high-powered corporate lawyer, she agreed to play me Skins Game-style, 10 (fictional) bucks a hole. On Monday evening we teed off on the back nine at Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters tournament this week and every year. With this game on Kinect you just stand in front of your television and put your best move on an imaginary ball at your feet. ![]() You don’t even have to hold an electronic wand, à la Nintendo’s Wii controller or the Move add-on for Sony’s PlayStation 3. As I told her, the big innovation in this year’s edition is that the Xbox 360 version uses the Kinect sensor to track your movements as you mimic a golf swing. Joy doesn’t have much use for video games - and so she doesn’t come to my place very often - but the other night she deigned to visit to play Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, the new golf game from Electronic Arts. She also enjoys golf and plays at courses around New York when she can fit it into her schedule. My friend Joy, who is in her early 40s, is a senior lawyer for a multinational finance company. ![]() I just didn’t know it could be revealed in my living room. I’d always heard that true character is revealed on the golf course. ![]()
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