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"So you like Kinect but want it and xbox 360 slim in white? Well Microsoft has great news for you. The "Xbox 360 Special Edition 4GB Kinect Family Bundle" will include a "limited edition" glossy white Xbox 360 with matching Kinect sensor, a white Xbox 360 wireless controller, Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, and a three month subscription to Xbox Live Gold. It will be available for $299.99."
If you are still looking for the perfect holiday gift for a gamer in the family, Amazon has a fantastic deal for you. If you buy a new 250GB Xbox 360 bundle with the Kinect you can get a $75 Amazon credit applied to your account.
Amazon.com has quite the deal going on right now. You can get Microsoft's popular Xbox 360 camera peripheral, the Kinect, for only $100 along with three games.
Being 6'5" (~197cm), I have to be at least 10' away from my kinect sensor for it to track my movements. When I first heard about the Nyko Zoom, I was skeptical but willing to try it out. This thing cuts the required distance by almost half!
"Today is November 4th, 2011, which means that the Kinect has been on the market for one full year. In that time, the Kinect library has expanded from 17 titles to over 60 worldwide. Kids and adults have been able to control their Xboxes for a whole year by simply waving their hands. The Kinect, the only video game device that does not require a controller, has caused Xbox 360 consoles to fly off the shelves, allowing the Xbox 360 to dominate the monthly sale charts. It’s been an eventful year..."
"I was in a Microsoft booth, ready to swing my lightsaber around and destroy some droids when, out of nowhere, there came a hand from God that helped the battle droids by freezing my lightsaber.
This hand came from an evil Master Chief cosplayer who happened to be heading for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Playing Kinect Star Wars at the recent EB Expo on the Gold Coast was enjoyable until this unusual event that caused my lightsaber to malfunction.
This got very frustrating when i..."
"At E3 2010 Microsoft's press conference shook everything up with demonstrations of their Kinect. The Kinect of course is a controller-free movement-based device which attempts to get players "into the game" even more so than the Wii. The games displayed at last E3 were mostly family friendly and casual titles, although Dance Central looked to be a more complex game."
The Hit List is a video game and geek culture wiki, capturing the best stuff around the net. This Hit List covers Microsoft's Kinect, a device where you are the controller. Gamers love it and so do the people at The Kartel.
Daav from NoobFeed.com shares thoughts about the issues Kinect could be facing in the long run. While the core product promises a lot of technological prowess, Microsoft might need to follow through on a good idea.
"I'm sure every one of us is guilty at some point of flinging themselves around the room in a fit of unsurpassed joy. Perhaps you've just passed your driving test, or done a particularly load burp. Whatever the reason, room flinging is commonplace amongst the human race. Then came Kinect, the one device destined to have anyone who has bought it flinging themselves around like a speeding bullet stuck in the backside of a bat out of hell. Injuries, therefore, are set to follow soon afterwards fo..."
"For me, an advert invading my game space is a bit like having a morbidly obese monster sit on your face. Unnecessary, weird and more than a bit scary. The gaming landscape used to be pretty much devoid of these adverts, but with the introduction of Kinect and my experiences so far with the plethora of advertising these games seem to have, I'm beginning to worry what the future will hold for in-game advertising. Are we destined soon to have loading screens that are adverts like we see on telev..."
"Most anyone who purchased Kinect will be receiving Kinect Adventures this holiday season, a predictably approachable and family friendly title that helps showcase some of the Kinect’s sophisticated nuances. Adventures will be familiar to those who’ve played similar casual “sports” titles, which virtually eliminate advanced strategic theory and instead emphasize simple fun."
"2009 E3 Microsoft announced Project Natal, showing the public for the first time a whole new way of gaming control. The hype train was in full swing and would continue to build months after. One year later Microsoft gives their project an official name 'Kinect'. What is Kinect? And now that it has officially hit the Australian public has it been worth the time and effect Microsoft has invested? And will it do what we have seen at live E3 demonstrations? Let's find out."
Just like the Wii, Microsoft's Kinect could have quite the plethora of third-party add-ons in development. Here's some of the most interesting ideas that have been tossed around so far.
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 Adventures is Microsoft's pack in game for its motion controller device, but just because you already own it doesn't mean we can't review it. What do we think of this sports-based compilation?
Not sure what to get when the Kinect launches in stores on November 4? Not to worry. Gameplaybook has a helpful guide explaining all the titles that are coming out at launch -- as well as which ones you should pick up.
"Yoga, Zumba and dance. A hedgehog, sorcerer and lion cub. Rapids, moguls and race tracks. Microsoft today unveiled 19 ways for you to jump into the action with the final launch line-up of games for Kinect for Xbox 360. Completely free from controllers, Kinect immerses you in dance and fitness, racing and sports, action, adventure and party games, offering something for everyone on your Christmas gift list."
"This morning Microsoft officially announced the Xbox Kinect Launch Title Lineup via Larry Hyrb aka Major Nelson's blog. There are 17 titles, just one shy of the original Xbox 360 launch title amount in 2005. While there are no big suprises in the lineup below, there are some gems like Dance Central from Harmonix which I am very much looking forward to.
As detailed in previous software lineup reveals, there are a lot of sports and casual games in the initial selection which will be expanded..."
Many people have been focusing on bizarre examples to back up why Kinect might be a good innovation and what it might bring to gaming, here is another perspective to look at it from...
Check out the latest award-winning episode of The Luchacast! Featuring Abhishek Chaudhry, Samuel Cooke, Charles Alan Ratliff (that's me!), and Goran "Pop" Popovic, kick back and relax as we talk about our hands-on impressions with Sony's Move and Microsoft's Kinect, Gran Turismo 5 in 3D, Mirror's Edge on the iPhone, Scott Pilgrim, Halo: Reach, amputee dinosaurs, and more!
"With retailers reporting record breaking preorders for Microsoft's upcoming motion sensor, the question arises whether early adopters, the hardcore gamers, will have much to rejoice over its casual gaming experience."
"There has been much comparison of the Kinect to the existing Wii by Nintendo. Announcement of the Kinect for the Xbox 360 threatens to challenge to cordless nature of the Wii and bring you console gaming with no controller at all. The Wii brought us Wii Fit, as well as many other games for the console that allowed you to get up and get moving, even if you had never before played video games. The Wii also featured many family-friendly games, which is typical of Nintendo, and there were many op..."
"Since Microsoft finally got around to pricing Kinect, I felt it was time to take a moment, step back and really absorb what the hell exactly we were looking at as an overall package to assess really whether or not it is worth $100 bucks. Why do I say $100? Simple. By including Kinect Adventures in the bundle for people who already own an Xbox and titles for the motion detecting camera retailing on Amazon for roughly $50 dollars, why wouldn’t I think that? Besides, for the underlying offering,..."
"Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has confirmed that Kinect will indeed be the long-rumored $150 price when it is released this November. He also reveals that it will be bundled with Kinect Adventures."
"Microsoft and Macy’s kicked off their in-store demos of Kinect for Xbox 360 on Thursday for 13 select stores across the nation. The Lenox Square Mall Macy’s in Atlanta is one of those select stores so I headed over with the two best casual gamers I know that are part of the target audience, my kids Cody (8) and Karli (4)."
"The video game industry has constantly increased its presence at the yearly Comic-Con and this year's 40th edition is no exception. Microsoft alone is coming heavy with some of its biggest Xbox 360 franchises this year with panels and playable demos for Halo: Reach, Gears of War III, Fable III, Kinect and more."
"As we reported the other day, Macy's stores are playing host to playable Kinect "preview stations" across the country starting on July 15. The 13 select cities that will have a Macy's with Kinect were released today and they are primarily in big cities as expected."
"If the E3 presentation with the casual game focus and the Justin Bieber concert tie-in weren't big enough clues that Microsoft is trying to broaden the appeal of the Xbox 360 via the Kinect motion-sensing camera, then we've got another example for you. Macy's has announced that 13 stores across the nation will be home to Kinect demo setups that will allow people to come in and try out the new Xbox accessory starting July 15."
"But in 2009, Kinect appeared to be from a whole other universe. After seeing some actual games and hearing the final name, Kinect seems to be a bit more Earthly than the world anticipated. I would love to believe the promise of tomorrow, but I did that last year. Everyone did. Why would we get our hopes up again for what might happen someday, when someday should have been now?"
Xbox Evolved posts details and images about the recent showing of Kinect that went down on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 21, 2010. Actor and singer Miranda Cosgrove also took part.
"Much has been made about the rumored $150 price for the Xbox 360 Kinect especially in comparison to the $100 price for the PS Move bundle that was announced at E3. Some say that price is too expensive for a product targeted towards the casual market. Others say that the price is in line with similar offerings from the Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3. However, what about the price of the games?"
"On this episode of onTopic Andreas, Craig and Ronnie discuss the Microsoft E3 press conference (Kinect, Fable 3, Black Ops mad MGS Rising) Ubisoft press conference (Child of Eden, Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Ghost Recon and Driver) along with the EA press conference (Bad Company 2, Medal of Honer and Sims 3.)"
Well E3 2010 is definitely here. With Microsoft's conference now done, All Age Gaming brings you a comprehensive summary of the announcements at Microsoft's conference. Some exciting stuff indeed.
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