November 27, 2006

Slate: The Nintendo Wii is better than the PS3 and the Xbox 360.

In Wii Baseball, I stood in a batter's stance and unconsciously backed up in the box before a pitch. In bowling and golf, I held my form until I saw the result of my most recent bowl or swing. I wasn't just playing a video-game simulation of these sports. I was bowling, golfing, boxing, and batting. My wife, Jen, initially complained, "Isn't the point of these games that you don't have to move around like this?" But soon she was hurling jabs, hooks, and uppercuts with abandon in a Wii Boxing match...