My friend, Callidus, bought a Wii yesterday and brought it over for us to try out. I have to say, I'm impressed. And jealous. I honestly can't see myself sitting down to play it solo, with the current batch of available games. However, it is the ultimate multiplayer console.

Callidus didn't pick up any extra games for it - Twilight Princess wasn't in stock and he couldn't justify the $50 price tag on Super Paper Mario. So, we fired up Wii Sports.

Tennis and bowling were easily my favorites of the bunch, followed by baseball. I really didn't care for golf or boxing all that much. There was much flailing, sweating, and near-collisions in my tiny living room. Even my wife got in on the action, by kicking my sorry butt in a round of bowling. I managed to salvage a little dignity by beating her at tennis.

The Wii is definitely now on my wish list. Although, I awoke this morning with a very sore shoulder from all the tennis we played. I've never had a console make me feel so old and decrepit before.