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Not every game lets you "aim down the sights" and shoot directly what you're pointing at. Many times, you'll be pushing an onscreen cursor or reticle, while the Wiimote is actually pointing somewhere toward the Sensor Bar. A few games actually let you calibrate the settings so that it shifts the sensing area to match the screen space. House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return and Sega's lesser-known shooter, Ghost Squad support calibration. Because I've still got Halloween on the brain, and the other one has a misleading name, so I decided to test out the former.

The test is to determine whether calibration works as well as it did in the arcades and with our trusty light guns for consoles past. Wherever you point your Wiimote at the screen is where the bullets should be deposited forthwith, so I slid mine into a Nyko Perfect Shot gun shell and taped my EyeToy onto it.

I don't know what it's called. I just know the sound it makes when it re-takes a zombie's life.

I thought at that point I was ready to do some shootin', but I came across a few problems. The game tells you to stay at least ten feet back from the screen, so I actually had to get behind my couch to meet the distance requirement. Trouble is, when I tried the in-game calibration and pointing at the target in the bottom corner, it kept telling me that I was pointing off the screen. Big screens need big sensor bars. You could try the candle trick to widen your sensing range, but the walking dead tend to go berserk in the presence of an open flame.

Close enough to touch it is too close to shoot it

Revolutionary: Gun Sights originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With today's XBLM release of the Mirror's Edge demo we've been hearing generally positive impressions from fanboys across the globe. Though, along with the praise, we've also been hearing a fair amount of whining in regards to the demo's Time Trial mode thanks to it kinda being unplayable. See, the crew over at EA locked the Mirror's Edge demo's Time Trial mode, making it available only to those who pre-ordered the game and received a code to unlock it. Tricky EA ... tricky.

• To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling us what kind of footwear you'd wear if you were a rooftop messenger. Would you rock tennis shoes? Cowboy boots? Maybe some high heels?
  
• Only one comment per person. Posters of multiple comments will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until Saturday, November 1st at 1:00PM eastern. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  
• On Saturday, we'll pick twenty-five winners via a random drawing.
• Twenty-five winners will be emailed a code to unlock the Time Trial mode in the Mirror's Edge demo.
  
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Fanswag: Unlock Time Trial in Mirror's Edge demo originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever since I got my hands on Sonic Unleashed at the Tokyo Game Show, I've been Sonic daft. The game looks promising as anything, but even if this is a step in the right direction and Unleashed turns out to be good, it will still be a long road to recovery for Sega's famous mascot.

It seems that Sonic Team misses far more than it hits, and while repeated attempts to revitalize the ailing hedgehog have brought with them plenty of potential and hope, each game has fallen flat on its face, or at the very least, done very little to untarnish the troubled mascot's increasingly damaged reputation.

Let's face it -- Sonic has been over the green hill for a very long time. As someone who adored the speedy woodland creature as a child, it's horrible to have to say that, but it's true. He was introduced as the cool alternative to a "boring" Mario, but looking at the two characters today, it's easy to see which is going strong and which has aged very, very badly. It's a bitter irony, but that attitude-drenched hedgehog of yore has been a desperate, increasingly irrelevant relic for a long time.

He needs to be saved, and maybe Sonic Unleashed will throw him a lifeline. If Sonic wants to permantantly check out of rehab, however, he needs to get his arse in gear and do it right for a change, and I want to help. While some of these points may be fairly obvious, there are a few left-field suggestions in this humble list. Either way, Sonic Team should pay attention. Hit the jump for a list of ways in which Sega could, and should, save Sonic the Hedgehog.

Ever since I got my hands on Sonic Unleashed at the Tokyo Game Show, I've been Sonic daft. The game looks promising as anything, but even if this is a step in the right direction and Unleashed turns out to be good, it will still be a long road to recovery for Sega's famous mascot.

It seems that Sonic Team misses far more than it hits, and while repeated attempts to revitalize the ailing hedgehog have brought with them plenty of potential and hope, each game has fallen flat on its face, or at the very least, done very little to untarnish the troubled mascot's increasingly damaged reputation.

Let's face it -- Sonic has been over the green hill for a very long time. As someone who adored the speedy woodland creature as a child, it's horrible to have to say that, but it's true. He was introduced as the cool alternative to a "boring" Mario, but looking at the two characters today, it's easy to see which is going strong and which has aged very, very badly. It's a bitter irony, but that attitude-drenched hedgehog of yore has been a desperate, increasingly irrelevant relic for a long time.

He needs to be saved, and maybe Sonic Unleashed will throw him a lifeline. If Sonic wants to permantantly check out of rehab, however, he needs to get his arse in gear and do it right for a change, and I want to help. While some of these points may be fairly obvious, there are a few left-field suggestions in this humble list. Either way, Sonic Team should pay attention. Hit the jump for a list of ways in which Sega could, and should, save Sonic the Hedgehog.

Ever since I got my hands on Sonic Unleashed at the Tokyo Game Show, I've been Sonic daft. The game looks promising as anything, but even if this is a step in the right direction and Unleashed turns out to be good, it will still be a long road to recovery for Sega's famous mascot.

It seems that Sonic Team misses far more than it hits, and while repeated attempts to revitalize the ailing hedgehog have brought with them plenty of potential and hope, each game has fallen flat on its face, or at the very least, done very little to untarnish the troubled mascot's increasingly damaged reputation.

Let's face it -- Sonic has been over the green hill for a very long time. As someone who adored the speedy woodland creature as a child, it's horrible to have to say that, but it's true. He was introduced as the cool alternative to a "boring" Mario, but looking at the two characters today, it's easy to see which is going strong and which has aged very, very badly. It's a bitter irony, but that attitude-drenched hedgehog of yore has been a desperate, increasingly irrelevant relic for a long time.

He needs to be saved, and maybe Sonic Unleashed will throw him a lifeline. If Sonic wants to permantantly check out of rehab, however, he needs to get his arse in gear and do it right for a change, and I want to help. While some of these points may be fairly obvious, there are a few left-field suggestions in this humble list. Either way, Sonic Team should pay attention. Hit the jump for a list of ways in which Sega could, and should, save Sonic the Hedgehog.

Or so say the Brits, at least.

SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog edged by Nintendo’s Super Mario as the United Kingdom’s favorite video games mascot. The speedy blue blur beat the iconic Italian plumber by a three percent margin of votes.

More than 500 UK gamers were polled to mark the launch of this week’s London Games Festival.

Four of the top 10 were Nintendo mascots — Donkey Kong, Link and Pikachu were also on the list.

The full top-ten list includes, in order: Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario, Lara Croft, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Link, Max Payne, Pikachu, Niko Belic (Grand Theft Auto) and Blanka (Street Fighter).