A Chance to Get Fit - or Try Dying; GAMES

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Byline: Rob Waugh

Americans have much bigger houses than British people. I had to keep telling myself this as I tried out the camera-equipped fitness title EA Sports Active 2 (Xbox 360) **** - otherwise I felt like a failure for having such a small front room.

Xbox's Kinect sensor asks you to stand a minimum of 6ft from the television while working out, which meant I was plastered against the back wall of my modest living room, barely able to move. After pushing the sofa out of the way, I was able to bounce and stretch as instructed - it's just a shame no one has thought to tweak the sensor for a country where people's front rooms are not the size of car parks. The …