Play your Wii games from a hard drive.

[Owwin]

My buddy installed his earlier today and then I saw the Kotaku article. After it was thrown in my face twice I had to post it. I don't use homebrew, but maybe you do.

Lifehacker

Lifehacker reader Mike put together a tutorial on enabling hard-drive-based playback on your Wii. It isn't as simple as just plugging in an external USB drive, but if you're comfortable messing around with your Wii, it also isn't an impossibly geeky task. You need to have the Homebrew Channel installed. We've covered how to install the Homebrew Channel here before, but console modding is an ever-changing business, so make sure to give Mike's tutorial a full read before proceeding. Besides the Homebrew Channel, all you'll need is an external USB 2.0 hard drive and freely available files listed in the tutorial. When it's said and done, you'll likely be the only one on the block—or in your city for that matter—with a hard-drive-driven Wii. Check out the video below to see the interface in action—Spawn-based skin mod not included:

Kotaku article
Lifehacker article
Mike's instructions
Youtube video  

[Waynebrizzle]

This kind of voids the warranty, doesn't it?

I don't want to risk it.  

[Owwin]

I'm not gonna do it either, I am just presenting the option to those risk takers out there. I am worried it will be used for piracy, but I trust culties. Kind of. XD  

[Darkweaver66]

... my warranty will expire in like 3 weeks, i may try this then...  

[Super Cheesio]

I would install the Homebrew Channel, but it all seems a little complicated to me.  

[problematic briefcase]

The warranty lasts a year, right? :/ So mine's been gone for like, a year since January, or was it two years ago? o.o I got it a couple months after launch, so the warranty is void no matter what. xD

I'd do it, I play games off my PSP memory stick.
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I'm at school though, and like ******** I'm bringing my Wii downtown. ******** crack heads.  

[GuruGuru214]

I would do this in a second...if I had an external hard drive or the money to purchase one. I've already got the Homebrew Channel installed, so that's half the battle. By the way, I highly recommend loading the Homebrew Channel if you've got a pre-4.0 System Menu. The Twilight Hack is pretty awesome to see in action.