We bought a Wii. Goodbye productivitii.

(The following should be read as a tongue-in-cheek posting by Colby. If you take me too seriously I cannot and will not be held responsible.)

For some time now, Jessica has been jonesing for a Nintendo Wii and it has not helped that several of our friends and family own a Wii: exposure excited envy.

I have not always been in favor of obtaining a Wii. Sure, some of the games are fun ... for a while. But for me, one of the unspoken qualifiers for a game is that it must be enjoyable regardless of how many times I work through it. For example, my favourite game is Counter-Strike: Source. It is an aging game—even with the newer Source engine, but it has endured. Until last Saturday, the few samples of Wii games I have played fail to promise me that level of endurance.

A couple of things have changed. My brother, a Wii owner, purchased Okami recently and I had the priviledge of playing it—and I enjoyed it. (Of course, why wouldn't I enjoy a game that looks like it was ripped from Japanese watercolor paintings, includes the Chinese zodiak animals, and the Shintou sun goddess Amaterasu 「天照」?) After my experience with Okami I told Jessica that, should we ever find a Wii for sale and should we be able to afford it at the time, we could get one. I am almost sorry I said that. Not one day later, she found a Wii—purely by chance—and bought it (she's lucky I just got paid). The envy she felt turned into excitement at owning her own Wii and the spending didn't stop with the console, oh no. We now own a second controller with nunchuku and two additional games. To be honest, I cannot tell you that I was immune. I spent $10 for 1000 Wii points and bought the original Metroid and Super Mario Brothers 3. However, $10 is a paltry sum when compared to what Jessica spent in her excitement.

So, for you folks who like to come to our place, we now have another reason for you to visit—aside from our wonderful company, delicious food (cooked by me), and DVD collection.