I've never really been an especially keen gamer. Sure, I was a little addicted to Wolfenstein (and it's follow-up Spear of Destiny) and wasted more than a few hours on classics like Duke Nukem (the platform and 3D versions), Commander Keen and Doom. However, i never really bought into the whole console gaming thing - until now.

While we were on holidays we stayed a friend's place and had occasion to play a few games on their Nintendo Wii [Affiliate link]. Now, i know that this was THE console for us as the whole family (me, my wife and the kids) all loved playing on it.

So, this weekend, we trundled down to a local home appliance reseller and laid down some hard-earned on a Nintendo Wii, a Wii Fit, Super Mario Carts with an extra steering wheel (there was a special bundle) and Wii Play with an extra controller and another Nunchuk [Affiliate Links].

So, thus far you're thinking that all's going well and that the whole family should be well satisfied. The problem was that our TV, a six year old Samsung CRT was running short on inputs. So, to top things off we also added a new Panasonic Viera HD LCD TV[Affiliate Link] to the lounge room. With the local TV stations due to start multicasting on HD soon with new content (in addition to the current transmission) it was only a matter of time before we'd need to bump up the TV so we took the opportunity to do that all now.

So, let the games begin!

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