i have been playing with the wii console for a week now. i had to pay a premium to get it (on ebay) cause i could not find any in the stores in our area.

tom came over for the weekend and we spent a good chunk of time playing with the wii. as a testament to the poor shape of both us, we had more workout playing baseball on the wii than we had otherwise for months.. (tom actually complained about sore muscles…)

nintendo did a GREAT job in putting together a fun experience. while microsoft and sony focused on technology, developing chips and processors, nintendo focused on the user experience.

it is a new gaming experience, and it is easy to imagine where it will go from here (actually no need to imagine i saw the future of gaming in wired's nextfest a couple of months ago). gamers will not only be great consumers for energy drinks, but will also have to buy deodorants and shower gel, cause they'll be running, jumping, fighting and dancing for real in a virtual world.

we played till every night till 1am or so when we had to quit, since our reflexes were not as sharp and we started losing games and dropping points in our rankings. it is addictive, and it is really a good workout.