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For those that don’t know, the only casualty of our recent move was the dissapearance and presumed theft of my Xbox 360… most likely right off the truck at the old place during loading.  I stupidly packed the thing perfectly back into its orginal box, and left it on its own w/ controllers, a couple games and so forth. Anyway, that is water under the bridge.  To help me in replacing my favorite toy my lovely fiance was kind enough to give me a BestBuy giftcard for my birthday.

The prospect of replacing it got me thinking that I should really consider the other 3rd Gen game systems out there; PS3 and Wii.  To be honest the 360 didn’t come into the conversation based on my dissappointment with the development of my favorite game – Madden/NCAA FB on that system.  I loved the system, especially the media center extender when paired with a Windows Vista computer, but for the same price after accessories the PS3 is out there with blueray DVD.

And then there is the Wii, its been about 24 hours since it entered the house and I can honestly say that after just that amount of time it shouldn’t have been a tough decision.  Erika and I were talking between Wii boxing matches (she mopped the floor with me!) and the Wii is the first time i’ve been truely excited and impressed w/ the ‘newness’ of a game system.  It works so intuitivly and smoothly right out of the box it is a great experience.  It is cheaper ($250 base system) and has cheaper games, though I just dropped another $100 on accessories… and I just put $20 of Wii-points on the system to be able to by old NES titles. (as I type I can hear Erika bopping away to Super Mario 3 – PRICELESS!)

Anyway, the Wii is in the house and will be a definite highlight at the Barwarming party this coming Saturday. I also need to give a special thanks to a friend at work, Virginia who enabled me to get a Wii on short notice by having her son who works at a Toys R Us tip her off to the next delivery and pouncing on it… Thanks Virginia!