Read up on http://www.wiihacks.com. My wii is soft modded and I can play iso off a USB hard drive. I can also play VC (wii downloadable content games and such). PAL games somewhat works but the sound is fucked up.
The x-clamp fix is super easy to do yourself. It just takes some time to remove the old thermal paste with rubbing alcohol and q-tips. I have done it before and it worked fine as long as it wasn't in the case. I had motherboard sitting on my tv stand for over 2 years like that before it stopped powering on.
So many fucking hours of fallout 3 were played on that machine.
Unless you or another family member requires electricity to function (Asthma Nebulizers, BIPAP C-PAP machines, Respirators, or Oxygen Concentrator) shut the fuck up. Buy a gas generator.
It is not the only thing you can use an iPad for DURRRRR.
If you happen to be hardcore like me and have computers running with no keyboard, mouse, and monitor attached it is a blessing. Try thinking outside of the box for once.
Install VLC player and watch whatever the fuck video file you want. Install gotoassist pro and remote into a windows machine. Flash and anything else works fine. Pro version even sends the audio over to the ipad. Win