Based on this review in Boing Boing, I’m seriously considering getting a Nintendo Wii for myself the kids. I was already considering, but now I’m seriously considering it. I love that you don’t have to push A B down up and all that- I haven’t played a game system since 1989 because I can’t figure out the stoopid controller. But the Wii, with it’s neat little remote control / laser pointer- like controller, looks like something I can handle. Besides, doesn’t every parent want to do this?

My daughter and I had created avatars that looked like us and we used these avatars to box with each other. We each held a controller in out fists and punched at the air, making our little avatars punch at the same time. When the bell rang, I started pummeling my daughter. Yes, it felt a little funny hitting a cute cartoon avatar of my daughter wearing glasses and pigtails, but after losing to her so many times in MonkeyBall, I wasn’t going to let the fact that I was her father get in the way of my chance to get revenge. I pounded away furiously, sending a jab to her head that knocked her to the ground. The referee started counting, but she was out cold. I finally won a game against her! The simplicity and intuitiveness of the controller had leveled the playing field between my daughter and me. Her days of treating me like one of those TV commercial idiot dads were over.

Watch out, boys…