Wii hii!

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Yesterday I received my Threshold pay-rise, backdated to 1^st September. Having danced a little jig around the staff room I pottered off to the local retail park to join the waiting list for a Wii.

Currys, PC World, Game and Argos had no stock and were either not taking deposits or were not expecting any stock for a long time. Indeed, Currys claimed to have had only one Wii arrive in the previous six weeks.

I was not, therefore, optimistic as I wandered into Toys’R'Us.

I remained doubtful when I asked the member of staff who was not busy chasing a thief whether they had any in stock. And promptly answered in astonishment when told that they had just had twelve delivered.

When I arrived home, Kate, who had never liked the PlayStation, rapidly swiped the box out of the boot of the car. As I write, Kate is bowling in the living room. Last night, we nearly injured each other playing tennis in WiiSports and I discovered that my golf swing is terrible.

Today, Steve sent me his and Joshua’s Miis. Steve now keeps appearing in the background in games such as WiiPlay. It’s kind of creepy to see more evidence that big brother is watching me…

Apart from the aforementioned, we have Meet the Robinsons and GT Pro Series. The former has proven surprisingly good for a game I had never heard of until yesterday. The latter appears to be a blatant rip-off of a certain racing game from Sony’s console stable.

Having downloaded the Internet Channel, we were pleased to discover that we can listen to Last.fm, blog, access our RSS subscriptions and, indeed, do everything else we’ve so far tried to do.

Oh, and that 16 figure number up there is my Wii Friend code.

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