So we fired up the Wii yesterday here in the THG office. Wii Sports was a big hit, especially boxing and golf. I hate the actual sport of golf, and I don't really much care for golf video games. But I love me some arcade Golden Tee. I could be in the worst puke-stained dive bar in the world, like something out of "Airplane," and as long as there was a Golden Tee in the place, I could spend hours there.

Wii Sports Golf isn't Golden Tee, obviously; it's better. You simply use the Wii Remote as if it were an actual club and swing away. Swing too hard and you slice it; swing too weakly and your co-workers ridicule you for the rest of the day. Wii Sports is the perfect game to showcase Nintendo's new controller scheme. The motion sensors work great with golf swings, baseball throws and swings, and boxing. It sure makes for a fun day at the office.

The same cannot be said, unfortunately, for Red Steel. I didn't care so much that the graphics are so-so. What bothers me is that the gameplay is clunky and frustrating. We played through a couple levels here at the office, and the Wii Remote and Nunchuk took some getting used to as far as directing the first- person perspective and targeting your firearms. But where Red Steel really fails is with its swordplay - it's bloody awful. Players' movements with the Wii Remote don't seem to translate well into the game, and the sword movements on screen are entirely ungraceful. I'm not sure if it's poor game design from Ubisoft or early issues with the Wii's motion sensor capabilities.

Hopefully, it's the former.