Microsoft's Kinect may have had its share of problems since launch, but for one father of a four year-old autistic son, it proved to be a blessing in disguise. When John Yan of GamingNexus.com first walked into his local Target store to pick up a Kinect for review, he had no idea what he was in for. As it turns out, Microsoft's intuitive "controller-less controller" was just what his special-needs son needed to get into gaming.

John concludes,

Kinect isn’t targeted to me, but it’s brought my son into the gaming fold with its intuitive controls and simple games in Kinect Adventures. Even though I haven’t found a launch game that I’m interested in spending a lot of time with alone, I know that I’m able to spend some great time playing along side my son and see him thoroughly enjoying his time on a console.While he still struggles in communicating, I know there’s one thing he can do without having to deal with any of the frustrations Autism has brought upon in his life. And for me, that’s worth much more than the $150 I spent in picking up the peripheral.

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