Looks like very soon we will be seeing some new games available for the Nintendo Wii. I have a strong feeling that these games will not only be very good but will also be totally free! Michael Steil and Felix Domke demonstrated their success in hacking into the Wii memory at 24C3 in Berlin to retrieve the encryption keys needed to compromise the system! Watch the video to the end, you will see the raw Wiimote data being displayed on the console. This may seem trivial since we have seen so many hacks interfacing the Wiimote to computers, but this is the first required step in using the actual console for purposes other than playing store bought games!

On a side note our latest advertiser, Sponge Fish, is running a cool Genius Hack Challenge contest, and the first place prize is a Nintendo Wii. You might want to enter so that you can have a console ready for the homebrew games that are probably just around the corner…

Thanks for the tip Amy