Wii Spot Podcast from WiiSpot.com

It looks like Time magazine has finally posted the article we talked about in the last story on their webpage. It basically details one editor’s time with Nintendo’s new system. You can check it out over on Time.com. It’s a good read, and it sheds some light on what we will be seeing tomorrow during the Nintendo Pre-E3 conference.

The thing that surprised me the most was how good the writer, Lev Grossman, “Gets It”. The Wii isn’t about a fancy name, or silly name as some people figure, it is about a new way of playing games. One of my favorite quotes form the article is Lev’s thoughts on game controllers.

It’s a remarkable experience. Instead of passively playing the games, with the new controller you physically perform them. You act them out. It’s almost like theater: the fourth wall between game and player dissolves. The sense of immersion–the illusion that you, personally, are projected into the game world–is powerful. And there’s an instant party atmosphere in the room. One advantage of the new controller is that it not only is fun, it looks fun. When you play with an old-style controller, you look like a loser, a blank-eyed joystick fondler. But when you’re jumping around and shaking your hulamaker, everybody’s having a good time.

It’s quotes like this one, from non-gaming journalists, that have me thinking Nintendo will knock one out of the park tomorrow; and at the launch of the Wii.

Lets give it up to Nintendo, a true innovator in the game industry. Lets also hope that the masses can get over the name of the console, and “Play” with it instead.

You can look forward to nightly E3 wrap-ups here, and of course articles letting you know about all the good stuff that comes out of Nintendo’s press event tomorrow. It’s a great week to be a gamer!