We Wii? Oui!
The other day I received my Nintendo Wii. I had every intention of letting it sit in the box until I could post it on Craigslist and collect a tidy profit from my free Wii, but I couldn't resist having a piece of technology in my home and not trying it out. The company for which I work awards its employees with 'points' for various reasons. For example, I won a quarterly award and received points as well as a personalized plaque a while back. The points can be collected and then redeemed for prizes from a website. At one time, you could redeem your points for gift cards to Target, The Home Depot, etc., but I missed out on that great deal. By the time I got around to redeeming my points, the gift cards were no longer an option because of tax reasons, so I was told.
Being the clever individual that I think I am, I decided to redeem something that would be easily converted to cash via Craigslist. I didn't have enough points for the LCD TV or the iPod Touch, so I opted for the Wii console and the Wii Fit Plus. There's no way a man of my age could be tempted to open and keep a gaming console aimed at kids and a fitness peripheral designed for the ladies! Well, I was tempted, and I did. I had played Wii at various corporate team building events and with my nieces and nephews last Christmas, so I was aware of the cool factor, but it was the fact that it had built-in WiFi that sealed the deal for me. I can now sit on my couch and surf the web on my TV! How cool! Never mind that I have a very powerful desktop PC in the other room, a nice laptop, and a Motorola Droid with 3G and WiFi that has been surgically attached to my hand; I now have yet another way to watch highlights of the latest (almost) Mets win on the internet!
I plan to use the Wii Fit to help me kick my exercise routine up a notch. I wonder if it really works, or is just a gimmick. I guess I can still sell the whole thing used if I keep the packaging and use it gently, but who am I kidding? I can only part with technology when it is replaced with newer and better technology, and since my last gaming console was the Atari 5200, I have a feeling the Wii is here to stay.
