I’ve overdone it, too much Wii action. My elbow is feels quite tender, so I’ll give the Wii a rest for the next few days.

My ISP recently changed bandwidth providers, so my internet access is slow. Watching YouTube is impossible.

I’ve got the next sixteen days off work. Since it’s also the end of the year, it may just be time for.. LIST-O-MANIA!

Bye for now.

Today at work I came across this article on the SMH tech blog. I ended up reading most of the comments and apart from the various fanboi’s talking down the Wii (just do a search for the words “girl”, “kiddie”, “toy” or phrase “younger generation”) many of the thoughts saw the console for what it was, a way to expand the gaming market to a new range of players. Other readers commented that the novelty of the motion sensitive controller has worn off already. Personally, I find myself playing Wii Sports at least half an hour a day simply for the Fitness mode. But Nintendo can’t rely on Wii Sports to keep these casual gamers interested forever. They also can’t also forget about the hardcore gamers, the type who bought the console on launch day and probably bought your opponents machines on launch too. Listed are three points that Nintendo need to consider over the next twelve months for both the casual and hardcore gamer.

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