I tend to dislike words that end with a squealing double e phoneme: I will take pains, for example, to avoid words like 'penny' or 'scrunchee', instead referring to them as 'one cent pieces' and 'that elastic sphincter trailer park tramps put in their hair', respectively. So it's surprising to me now that I can say 'Nintendo Wii' without finding myself giving an inadvertent, full body squirm.

I'm amazed by this: I would never have guessed it two months ago when the name change was announced. Don't get me wrong: named after a toddler's euphemism for his tiny, pre-pubescent penis, Wii is still the stupidest fucking name a console could possibly have. But the sexy hardware and the possibilities it represents have successfully brainwashed me into a Manchurian Candidate for Nintendo.

Still, I'm glad some people haven't sold out as quickly as I have: CNet has named the name change of the Revolution to the Wii as number 9 in their list of the 10 worst technology blunders in Q2 2006. "Nintendo Revolution sounds cool. Nintendo Wii sounds dumb. That's about all there is to say." I dunno, guys... I somehow managed to say some more! Florian Eckhardt

The 10 worst technologies in Q2 2006 [CNet]

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