My Grandmother Schooled Me on the Wii

A couple of days ago, I posted about camping out for the launch of the Nintendo Wii. Since then, the Wii has brought my brother and me hours and hours (and hours) of entertainment. However, after Thanksgiving dinner I had a whole new revelation about the Wii: my grandmother could play.

We popped in Wii Sports, the demo game that comes with the system. Of the five options (bowling, tennis, boxing, golf, and baseball) we chose bowling-- it was the only game all three of us could really take turns playing.

It took her about one frame to figure it out, and after that she consistently schooled me. We played three or four complete rounds and she beat me every time. Here's the kicker: the woman had never played any video game before in her life.

Take that as a testimony to how user-friendly this system is. Watch out, youth of America-- it's one thing for your mom to check the ratings on the package, but now mom can pick up the controller... and possibly beat you at your own game.