time to Wii/Pii
June 12th, 2008Well at this point everyone’s probably at least a little familiar with the Wii, Nintendo’s semi-revolutionary game system with the motion sensor controller. I haven’t played the thing myself (game systems make me stay up until 3 in the morning trying to win the robot) but everyone I know says it’s the greatest thing since Guitar Hero. The new Wii Fit game(?) made the front page of the New York Times Sunday Style section a few weeks ago, so it’s definitely in the popular consciousness.
A while back I came across a pretty keen Ted lecture about how to use the Wii remote to make some sophisticated and cheap equipment…it’s pretty cool if you’re into that kind of thing…I love this stuff, listening to brainiacs wax poetic about their specific area of uber-nerd expertise…
but then MM (thanks, Malcolm!) hipped me to this new Wii game that made me realize they have barely scratched the surface of what this thing can do. It’s available at ThinkGeek.com, but let’s not bother with descriptions or critiques, let’s just go right to the videotape:
Some of you are loving this (I’m looking at you Devito!), some are hating it (M Trump, nice to see you), but I have to say I do love this part:
According to the Japanese text on the box "Super Pii Pii Brothers promotes good bathroom skills and allows women to experience for the first time the pleasure of urinating while standing."
What a pleasure it is. What a true pleasure it is.
Ah, both videos are great though after watching Ted I can’t help but feel stupid, haa. As for the Pii Pii…I had seen this video a while back and thought it was a “joke” not an acutal game. Hilarious. As for the Wii…next time you are in DC, come hang as I have one and it is hilarious.
done and done.
also, black Bart (http://billiondollarcranium.blogspot.com)
sent me a link to this other great game where there’s a choir of bunnies and you have to slap the ones that are out of tune…amazing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4plfg3o1LFs&feature=related
Haa, yeah I’ve played it… You need to smoke the rock or crush some blow to really keep up with that one. Hilarity.