Okay, okay, I hold my arms up in the air and admit it... I was wrong.
Just a few days ago in my last blog I wrote a rather unfavourable review about Nintendo's new Wii and its Sports package which sees players act out a sport using a motion sensor controller.
Now it has to be mentioned here for the record that I hadn't actually played or experienced the game before writing that piece. I wrote it after reading and hearing about it.
Now, for all those people whose minds might have been swayed by the comments... FORGET I SAID A WORD!
The Wii's sports package is one of the most fun things I have experienced in a long while. In a bizarre twist of fate I found myself using one of the consoles (nine days before its British release I might add) on Wednesday at London's Science Museum.
The truth is that I was in London for the day picking up body armour and a visa for my forthcoming trip to Afghanistan (for the Defence Reporter side of my job).
Now it just so happens that the Science Museum is 200 yards away from the Afghan Embassy and when we were told to come back in two hours to collect the visa, we stumbled past a huge banner plugging the 'Game On' exhibition.
Me being me I saw the 'Game On' sign and thought 'that's weird, my blog's called Game On'. And so we decided to take a glance.
We walked in with the intention of 'blagging' our way into the exhibition stating our occupations as journalists.
When I introduced myself at the main desk imagine my surprise when I was greeted with a Bond-style "hello Mr Nichols, we've been expecting you..."
Somewhat startled I replied "Are you sure?!"
They then led us into the gaming exhibition thrusting a Wii controller in mine and my colleague's hands. What followed were three fun-packed best of three tennis matches.
Within seconds I realised I had been overly harsh about the console's sports package.
While I'm still not too sure what the neighbours will think of me playing air tennis with no racket or ball in my living room, the fact is that it is worth the embarrassment purely for the fun aspect of it all. There I was prancing around imagining I was Greg Rusedski thumping the ball over the net to victory each time. It is truly amazing how your movements are replicated in the game when you throw the ball up and when you hit it.
The speed and ferocity is matched in the gameplay. After triumphantly sweeping aside my opposition it transpired that, in a way, we had been expected to attend the event.
What was truly strange was that on that particular cool November morning a press launch facility had been arranged and we rocked up 20 minutes after the event had finished.
They simply thought we were late for the show. Bizarre huh?
Anyways, listen up... if you've got a day to spare you just have to go to the London Science Museum.
The whole of the second floor is dedicated to the show which explores the history, technology and culture of computer games.
From the PDP-1 of the 1960s to the latest consoles (INCLUDING THE SONY PS3 WHICH JUST ABSOLUTELY ROCKS!), Game On examines the technologies that have revolutionised the gaming world.
The 10 most influential consoles of all time are proudly on display, and the exhibition offers visitors the chance to learn about the design process behind games such as Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto.
At the same time visitors can also play any one of more than 100 games including classics like R-Type, Space Invaders, Pro Evolution Soccer, Halo 2 and Atari Star Wars.
AND most importantly the exhibition is the ONLY place in Britain to experience the Sony PS3 ahead of its March UK release.
Drawing 35,000 visitors so far, it's proving quite a hit. For further information on the show visit www.sciencemuseum.org.uk.
If you can't get to London straight away why not try your hand at some of these:
Title: Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
Platform: Sony PS2
RRP: £19.99
Hit count: 4/5
Review: Imagine a game when you can take many of your favourite characters from your favourite games and put them all in one place for one almighty scrap.
That place is Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. Fight in the traditional SNK style with 40 characters taken form classic games such as Metal Slug, Samurai Showdown, King of the Fighters, World hero's and many more.
It'a a great concept and knocks the daylights out of a lot of other titles on the market right now.
Title: Medal of Honor: Heroes
Platform: Sony PSP
RRP: £34.99
Hit count: 5/5
Review: Medal of Honor Heroes, available exclusively for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, gives gamers the chance to take all the epic, authentic World War II (WWII) action of Medal of Honor (MoH) on-the-go.
Medal of Honor Heroes is the newest addition to the critically-acclaimed Medal of Honor franchise which was credited with pioneering the First-Person Shooter (FPS) WWII genre when it debuted in 1999.
This marks the exciting debut for a Medal of Honor game on the PSP system.
With an entirely unique storyline and PSP-specific feature set, players will experience a totally new single player campaign and choose from six different Multiplayer modes within 15 different maps, while participating in wireless Multiplayer sessions with up to 32 players.
Or choose to play with up to 8 players across the room in a local Ad hoc game. Quickplay missions in skirmish game mode, allow players to jump right into the action or customize mission scenarios for added re-playability.
Relive your favourite Medal of Honor moments by unlocking over 20 classic characters to use in multiplayer games.
