If You Live in a Charter Serviceable Area You Can Win a Wii

March 9, 2008 · Filed Under Life

Wii I love playing video games; in fact, it’s pretty much what my Sundays consist of. I play computer games most often, Empire Earth, Guild Wars and Guitar Hero III are favorites of mine, I also spent a very short time of about three days on Second Life. I also have a PlayStation3, which I could go on an insanely long rant about, particularly about their corrupt 80 gig system that just decides to die within two months, but that is a rant for another day.

I never got into the Wii, mainly because I don’t appreciate that it was targeted more towards women as a fun way to exercise and then they put out an infamous ad that appealed to the male ego and used the “sexy girls play the Wii and you should, too!” card. Besides those features, the system is just something Nintendo threw together to keep from losing (more) money to Microsoft with the Xbox and to Sony with the PlayStation. However, if I won a Wii I would give a shot, or if I happened to be at someone’s house who had it, I’d try it purely because I’m a bit interested in the console and how it works, compared to traditional video game play. Not having to actually pay Nintendo for their system makes it a bit better in my book because I would feel as if I weren’t directly supporting them or their sexist marketing strategies.

Charter is offering high speed cable internet for life to a lucky bidder and also giving them the opportunity to win a Wii console. The specifics of this offer are that you must bid starting March 12, to win high speed internet for life as well as the chance to win a Wii. Bids start at $10 and you have the chance to pre-register before then.

Not only do you enter to win the Wii console, but you will also receive a Wii stand, 5 sports games (boxing, baseball, tennis, golf and bowling), 1 controller, 1 nunchuk controller, 1 sensor bar, 1 Wii AC adapter and 1 Wii AV cable. That is every piece of equipment needed to play the games they send you, no other equipment is necessary. Cool, huh?

The only catch with this offer that I have seen (because there always is one, right?) is that you must qualify by zip code and reside in a Charter serviceable area, which sadly, I am not; oh the joys of living in the middle of nowhere. For the rules and regulations of the offer, as well as the opportunity to pre-register so you can begin bidding on March 12, click here.

click here for a chance to win a Nintendo® Wii™!