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I own a Wii. And I am growing Dissatisfied.
First I should probably define my terms a little. By "hardcore" I don't mean that I wait in front of stores the day before a game releases, or have an online handle like "AssAssAssin" and scream profanities at ten year olds. I don't hang out with other video game people or talk to other video game people on the Internet. I'm kind of embarrassed by other video game people in fact. No, by "hardcore" I mean that I like games that are, you know, "good."
Technically I'm more of a lapsed hardcore gamer. Although I've owned something like 10 systems in my life, I stopped playing video games entirely for a few years - perhaps not coincidentally, a period in my life which saw a marked improvement in my odor and ability to talk to girls. It was at this time that I began to view the hundreds of hours I poured into various electronic worlds with a certain amount of regret. "Wow, my time really wasn't very valuable back then," I said, clucking my tongue. "Stop hitting yourself, loser," I'd add, hitting myself.
It was fucked up.
So as a lapsed gamer, I had no burning desire to get back into it in a serious way when the current generation of systems rolled around. In fact, aside from a genuine passion for the Grand Theft Auto games, and a passing interest in a couple others (Bioshock, Fallout 3) I look at the top games for the Xbox360 or PS3 and I shrug. It's all just racecars and space marines, you know? I feel like I've played it all already. I got my merit badge in Space Marinery 15 fucking years ago.
Which I guess is the main reason I bought a Wii. Finally there was going to be something