One of the people I work with has got it, and another wants it. It's a source of wonder that I, the resident gamer girl, don't have it. I walk 6 miles a day 5 days a week and don't see the need for virtual jogging.

This is my first major encounter with the Wii effect. 2 non-gamers enthused to the point where one got her PS3 loving partner to buy a wii, and the other looking forward to the day she can afford to buy one for the family wii. As for the number of people I have seen walking past the bookshop lugging the massive wii fit box ...