Nintendo It’s hard to deny that video games shaped my childhood. But most of my life until middle school was spent playing second-hand games on intensively used consoles. With the zeitgeist surrounding the Wii prior to its release slowly mounting, I begged and pleaded with my father for months to get my hands on one come the fateful day of the product launch. At first, he remained firm. But as the excitement continued to build and the lofty rumors of Nintendo’s futuristic new console conjured...