How the Nintendo Wii Scores One for the Family

One night, when I was hanging out at a friend's place, I had the unique opportunity of trying out the much sought after and publicized Nintendo Wii. During the time, which was several weeks before Christmas, the Wii was becoming a sudden craze, even though Sony's Playstation 3 was still holding onto the limelight. Personally, I was never that much of a big console gamer, besides the occasional Halo 2 on the X-box, and most of my experience lies with computer and tabletop gaming. But with the Nintendo Wii, boy, was I taken for a ride. Bringing a fresh new experience to the gaming arena, the Wii introduced an intuitive motion sensor game control that everyone and anyone could enjoy, including those who were never into video games in the first place. In fact, a lot of people who were with me at the time, who would never touch a game console with a nine-foot pole, really got a kick out of swinging the controller around to the point where some of us were already bracing for a possible Wii "accident" to happen. Now at this point, I won't go any further in describing all the features and technical properties of the Wii system, since these are old territories well covered by countless gaming articles already out there, but what I will go over is a basic revelation that I had regarding my experience.