As mentioned before (but I don't think anybody noticed), I am finally in possesion of a Nintendo Wii console! At last, after two years of biding my time with a lousy Gamecube and a copy of Eternal Darkness, I actually have something in my house that everybody else wants! Go me!

As to how I actually obtained it, it's a long story that, strangley enough, has to do with a mass stampede, a Target(R), and 32 pounds of half-eaten burritos.

Okay, maybe not that last part, but I don't want to go into details.

So far, the only game I have so far is Wii Sports, but I'm sure to get more for Christmas. Wii plays like a dream, and everybody who visits my house gets really into it. Even at the Christmas party I had yeasterday, the 18-20 people there were having a blast playing golf and bowling.

The godforsaken strap crap that everybody's so concerned about hasn't affected me yet. However, I'm pretty sure a broken wrist strap isn't in my future. For one, I'm mostly safe about handling the controller (which, by the way, is very intuitive). For another, I had my cousin Andy over yeasterday. The guy is 12 years old and he's a maniac, and even he didn't break the strap.

On another story, everybody I know who wants a PS3 doesn't have one yet. However, with a Wii in my house I don't need anything else, especially not a PS3. I'm not a Sony hater, but I just can't see how better graphics and a better looking movie player can compel someone to spend $600, unless this Blu-ray player is really as good as Sony says it is. Even then, I like playing games a lot more than watching movies.

As for Xbox 360...well, it is a very nice console, but I've never really been interested in Xbox since it came out. Sorry, Microsoft.

In short, the choice is yours. Although, I will still keep interest in the console wars even though I have a Wii now. It might just teach us all a good lesson.