Oui Wii Love

Written 1-2-07

With the introduction of the new Nintendo Wii game console, an effusive uprising of puns having to do with a certain part of the male body has occurred. Gaming nerds across the nation (and even in other nations) are lovingly spewing puns right and left, with effulgent and entirely blissful looks on their faces. It’s rather, if I may say, a fun trend.

First there was one type of Wii gamer: The one who was eagerly awaiting the new system and its supreme magnificence. After awhile however, the humor of the console’s name set in and the general gamer dichotomized into the gamer who made Wii jokes freely and at whim, but not too often, and the “hardcore” gamer, the one who sits down for hours at a time and has Wii pun wars. Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category.

It’s amazing what a gamut of puns I can think of. From the inappropriate to the ridiculous, I am so amazingly glib when it comes to Wii jokes that it amazes even me! However, when I began my reign of terror, I was myopic and didn’t think of what my newfound talent could cost me. Alas, I fear that very soon indeed, I will run out of Wii jokes. I am simply fraught with sadness.

If one keeps a holistic mind set when looking at the Wii trend, one can discern that it is the oddest fad to hit the world since the Mr. T heyday (a fad which sadly seems to be itinerant and is speedily traveling forward in time to greet us again). The innovativeness of the Wii is really quite hilarious too, and helps when making puns. After hearing of people accidentally throwing their controllers through their tv screens, a veritable fountain of Wii puns sprung to mind.

So while I don’t really have a point, I would just like to say that until the Wii saturated my world, I had no idea what I had been missing for all those years. Not only is it fun to make fun of, it’s also fun to play with (that was not a joke)! How often can you find one thing that can take on those two titles at the same time? Not often, I grant you.