News is out everywhere that the Wii has finally been hacked. I personally am looking forward to the possibilities that this could open up. Homebrew has been, reportedly, launched on the system, free of any hardware mods. The team responsible for the exploit demoed their findings at the Chaos Communication Congress, where they showed their own “game”, using signed encryption keys, to run Homebrew on the wildly popular console.
This, and Johnny Chung Lee’s head-tracking with the Wiimote have stirred even more interest in the Wii, for myself. Imagine, if you will, using Johnny Lee’s method without having to use a laptop to play fully realistic 3D games with the little Wii machine. Granted, if you want the realism of what the other consoles provide, sticking with a computer to run the software may be a better idea, but small game devs must want to hop on this train. Even I have been thinking of what kind of game could I make, to have this experience flow seamlessly.
I cannot wait to load up Linux on my Wii, play some good ol’ nethack from across the room, or just pop in a DVD and watch a movie without having to go out and purchase a DVD player. (I have one on my lappy, but for the TV, with a remote, this would be much nicer.) The doors that this may have just opened up, are hopefully gonna be the best additions to a gaming console, ever.
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