'My Fireplace' Lets You Tend Virtual Flames on Your Wii
We're sure that one of you out there owns a Blu-ray fireplace or tunes in to the yule log on Christmas morning. Those might be fine for passively creating a certain atmosphere (whether or not that atmosphere is actually desirable is something completely different). But what really hooks people these days is interactivity, and a loop of burning logs on network TV is about as far from interactive ...
The Wii's motion-based gameplay is wonderful, having opened the door to imaginative uses never before possible in video games. While the Wiimote is rugged, that doesn't mean it can handle the sheer abuse of being tossed around, pitched at pets, and rolled haphazardly. Maybe, then, it's fitting that the controller is now being turned into a baby.
The special edition of 'Baby and Me' comes ...








