From KNTV-TVIt's essentially Simon for the mash-up generation, and one of the best sounding games out there. There's a lot of hype centering on "DJ Hero," but it certainly lives up to it.
Meanwhile, fit avatars are contorting themselves to get you in shape.
The Wii has gone well beyond fit. You've got former MTV VJs doing Pilates and now Jillian Michaels in the jungle for a fitness boot-camp.
Because she wants you to feel like "The Biggest Loser" in what's actually some fairly strenuous exercise. One of the most draconian features of "Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010" is where she takes off running around her workout island, and you're supposed to keep up with her.
If the game seems a lot like "Daisy Fuentes Pilates" it's because the same developers were involved. But again, the kind of exercise in this second edition of the Fitness Ultimatum is quicker to work up a sweat.
FYI, NBC has another show with her in the works, "Losing It with Jillian Michaels," but before it airs you can join her in the Wii to get your body moving.
Meanwhile, another game has music fans nodding their heads while navigating the turntable to keep the beat going.
Activision's "DJ Hero" perhaps makes the most sense in this era of play-along, music-themed games because like much of the DJ scene, timing and dexterity are crucial and button mashing in time is part of the real-life process.
Ninety-three unique genre-blending mixes merging hip hop and electronica come to life as you scratch, cross-fade, and sample your way to Hero status. This is easily one of the most exciting mixes of the year, worthy of going multi-platinum.
