Nintendo Wii’s opera browser now supports Flash Lite 3.1.  Previously it supported Flash 7. This means they can play youtube and other internet sites supported by Flash 9 not requiring actionscript 3. Hulu requires higher version unfortunately. So two out of the top three game consoles (Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii and XBox) now have Flash player.

So I go to Walmart (of all stores) to buy a new game for Wii for my 10 year old nephew(Not that I am a serious gamer, but for some reason waiving my arms in front of TV to play Wii gives me great joy!). Of the 100s of games out there, we finally settle on couple. We come home and find that the games are total dud- not much can be changed in the background and there aren’t many options either. So he is upset that I got him a ‘bad’ deal(being a computer geek and everything he thinks I know everything about everything ;). Then it dawned on me that I should have spent some time researching on Gamestop or Testfreaks to find what people are saying about the game before purchasing. I can not return that game as the box is now open. So I am stuck with a game that he probably won’t play again and a bill of cool $39.99 (not to mention upset nephew)…. Lesson learned!

I read in one of the blogs on Seattle API that Hulu is coming to PS3. Hulu as you know has a large collection of content in HD (encoded in h.264). It is possible to play that with Flash 9 thats available on PS3. Now in addition to being a gaming console, blue ray DVD, PS3 will also be your DVR! Cool!