Chop that 'Fruit'

“Fruit Ninja,” the game that made a name for itself as an iPhone sensation, aims to carve out a niche on Xbox. There isn’t much to this Xbox Live Arcade title by Halfbrick Studios — swing your arms, chop the fruit — but somehow it remains addicting even on the larger screen.

The Kinect motion-control system works fairly well, and will soon have you leaping around the room with your arms flailing like a kid hopped up on sugary cereal trying to hack every last piece of flying fruit. A shadow of your physical outline is set in the background to give you better idea of where your swipes will cause cuts. In some cases, the controls aren’t very exact, but they get the job done without causing aggravation.