Chris Kohler
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John Dvorak: Wii "Will Dominate Future of Gaming"

PC Magazine’s longtime columnist John C. Dvorak is in love with Wii, and wants to marry it. Apparently Dvorak, a lifelong bowler, is very, very impressed with Wii Sports: The pins fall just as they do in a real bowling alley with a real 16-pound ball. That includes sweeping five-pin strikes. High-waterfall strikes, which don’t […]

Wii_3PC Magazine's longtime columnist John C. Dvorak is in love with Wii, and wants to marry it. Apparently Dvorak, a lifelong bowler, is very, very impressed with Wii Sports:

The pins fall just as they do in a real bowling alley with a real 16-pound ball.
That includes sweeping five-pin strikes. High-waterfall strikes, which don't even make sense in real life. Brooklyn strikes. 5–10 splits. Solid 5 pin, solid 9. You name it, you get it.

This led him to write a very generous last graf.

So my experience with this toy tells me that a fundamental change has taken place in game play—and it's all down to the controller. People were all pumped up about it before it came out, and now I can see why. It changes all the rules and will dominate the future of gaming. You watch.

Ode to the Wii [Yahoo]