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The Dude abides on the Wii

The Big Lebowski bowling on the Wii

We were playing Wii Sports today, bowling to be specific. If you bowled on the Wii and lost control of your ball you know that when the ball goes skittling back into the folks behind you the camera moves and they all jump up. What I had not noticed until today is that those players, aside from your Mii characters actually playing, change. And look who showed up to bowl today! None other than the Big Lebowski:

The Big Lebowski bowling on Wii

Wouldn’t you agree? That must be the Big Lebowski? BTW, I would have gotten a better shot, but he walked away and hasn’t been back since. (True, after 30 minutes of trying, restarting, etc. the crowd varies considerably.) So my friends, even in the Wii, the Dude Abides.

UPDATE: Although no one seems to have noticed his presence in the standard Wii bowling game (and NB the Mii I captured above was not created by me, but is part of the original programming) there is an amusing video that sets a scene from the Big Lebowski to a video montage created in Wii bowling.

 

BBC iPlayer on the Wii

Sadly, this won’t be available in the US (and I have yet to get my Wii onto my wireless network) but I had to include the story, if only for the picture that accompanied it. She looks very scary.

Pensioner playing Nintendo Wii, AP

The Wii has brought many people to gaming for the first time

The BBC’s iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii.

The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely popular game console.

Early versions of the service will be available from 9 April but more polished software will be released as the service is developed.

 

Wii Injury Report

10 minutes boxing with my daughter (which is very therapeutic, btw) and I have injured my right shoulder. *sigh* I still cannot hit a baseball except by chance. That game is tough. My daughter is loving (“I loooove it!”) the High School Musical sing-along. We would enjoy it more if she had a bit of a better ear.

All in all, a great platform and game play.