We now have a Nintendo wii (my wonderful fiance bought it for my birthday). It’s the first games console I’ve ever owned (although I did once ‘borrow’ a Playstation from my brother for a term to play Fifa 99 in university).  I’ve never considered myself much of a games player – probably because I’ve never been any good at them (well apart from frogger, Chuckie Egg, Sensible Soccer, Tomb Raider and Fifa) – but the Wii is fantastic. I just love the (ostensible) simplicity of it. I also love the fact that before Friday I don’t think I could ever have envisaged spending an hour playing a computer game with my girlfriend. We only have Wii sports at the moment, and although I think they all look really good, we’ve mostly been playing tennis. It’s clearly not designed for the hardcore gamer, and I think that’s why I like it so much. Really looking forward to having a load of mates over for a few beers and a tennis tournament.

She also bought me a couple of Dawkins books I’d not read (Climbing Mount Improbable and Unweaving the Rainbow, about which, once finished, I’ll write a blogpost, also incorporating the fascinating The Ancestor’s Tale) and a leatherbound ‘Hunters Flask’.