Saturday, April 21, 2012

KINECT - And the uncomfortable interview

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/...nect-interview

That poor man. He seems so uncomfortable answering any questions, especially with the terrible performances in some of the many booths around him. This video also shows the dreadful Harry Potter game which I saw at Games Com, and it's not looking any much better. It's like what happens when you take the rich Harry Potter franchise, and then strip it of anything that makes it Harry Potter, and make it into a rail shooter with unplayable controls.|||God...the KINECT...

I liked it better when it was called the PlayStation EyeToy and EyeToy games. And at least they knew it was a gimmick only good for gimmick games.

You can say what you want about the Playstation Move (lol Wii ripoff etc..), but at least theirs WORKS and is used to complement the existing controller. That, and their glowing ball thing could actualy be used outside of gaming applications. One of my classmates is doing a thesis on that (e.g. scrolling sideways to "zap" between stations, scrolling up/down to control volume), though I somewhat fail to see the advantage over a regular remote control where you point and push a button to go to any station you want...|||http://www.yaybuttons.com/

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