While I’m not one to scoff about running a ton of exposed wiring around my living room, the Wii’s presence underneath my projector screen when I had moved all my other electronics across the room irked me. It bothered me so much that I stopped playing it (it helped that I had to start all my games over from scratch and the 360 was currently occupying my time) and left it disconnected over with the other electronics.

Well, a couple of things changed that. First, I bought Wario Ware when it was released and it’s been sitting unopened, begging me to play. Second, the Geek from the Weekly Geek podcast owned up to using candles to replace his sensor bar.

Allow me to nerd out and explain: The sensor bar does not receive any information from the remote nor does it send any information back to the Wii. All it’s comprised of is a bunch of IR transmitters on either side of the bar that the Wiimote uses to position itself in relation to the screen. The wire that connects it to the Wii serves only to power the bar. Therefore, you can replace your sensor bar with any two sources of IR light which just so happens to be pretty much any light source. Such as candles.

So no, I’m not on a date with my Wii. The candles serve a purpose other than making the room that much more romantic.

Although I did get a little too into Wario Ware.