After a heartless commenter questioned his choice of entertainment, a local area man prepares to throw out all his Wii games (JB Cougar/Infendo Photofile)

DENVER—A hush fell over the internet today as one commenter let gloves fly and cut more than 50 million Wii owners to their core, using only four words. “Get a real console,” said Bryce Meikle, an accredited “fun expert” and frequenter of Kotaku, an American video game blog with a Japanese-sounding name. “Who the hell would even play a Wii?” Meikle derisively added, much to the shock and shame of nearby witnesses.

“As a Wii owner, I just coiled up in the fetal position after reading this,” said one area man, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions. “I finally realized that I have been living a lie over the last three years,” said another. “Indeed, I have been duped into buying the Wii and its compatible games. Now I can say with certainty, I didn’t enjoy any of them.”

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Someone with an inside source at either Netflix or Nintendo–or possibly both–is all but confirming that a streaming video service (much like the recently confirmed PS3 one) is headed to the console very, very soon. Oh, and there’s something else.

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In case there was ever any doubt, says Miyamoto: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with pretty graphics, and if I’m a consumer that has an HDTV, I’d want to be able to play my games with nice graphics too,” he told Industry Gamers on Friday. “And I think as we’ve seen the penetration rates for HDTV increase, we’re going to see video games and Nintendo’s games move along in step with the progression of technology.” (more…)

HD gaming, at least as it has been applied to this current generation of consoles by feverish marketing departments who overshot their markets by a mile, is a myth. Always has been. As such, there is almost certainly no Wii HD console coming out anytime soon. Can I be an analyst now?

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More from than wonderful Epic Games Mark Rein interview, where he’s been lofting anti-core quotes high into the air in such a way that they glide gently back to earth like falling snow. Truly, for such a slow news day it sure feels like a glorious Christmas in July to me right now:

“Over half the users who played Gears of War 2 so far do not have HDTVs.”

That popping sound you hear, dear readers, is not a bevy of well-placed headshots—but it’s very similar. Nay, what you hear popping in your ears this fine afternoon are core gamers’ heads exploding as the frail stack of cards they built up over the past five years comes crumbling down.

Or it’s some amateur archers nailing a few crucial melon-smashing bonus points in the upcoming game of the year Wii Sports Resort. Your choice.