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Dance Central – One Step At a Time

January 12, 2011January 31, 2011 Deborah Chantson Dance Central, DLC, harmonix, Kinect, Microsoft, music game, review, rhythym game, Xbox 3608 Comments

While the gyms are full and too many people are jiggling around in too little clothing, I’ve become a basement gamer. A dancing basement gamer.

Dance Central has only recently become a tool for fitness in my household. It started out as the coolest novelty, a well-intentioned weight loss method, then loads of fun as a party game. So ironically, hubby and I would just be watching everyone else sweat, while we sat and haphazardly reminded ourselves to play later.

We didn’t.

Kinect for Xbox 360: on display in Toronto and soon Montreal

September 27, 2010September 29, 2010 Doug Groves BigPark, Dance Central, Good Science, harmonix, Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports, Kinectimals, Microsoft, Montreal, Rare, Toronto, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved7 Comments

If you’ve been hearing about Microsoft’s Kinect for the Xbox 360, but haven’t yet had a chance to see it in person, you can get an early hands on right now, as long as you’re in Toronto. To help promote the launch of the full body interface, Microsoft has leased a storefront and filled 2 storeys with Kinectified Xbox 360s, to give the public a chance to go hands on, as it were. Covering 2 floors, there’s a variety of playable demos, including Kinect Sports from Rare, Your Shape: Fitness…

At X’10 – Microsoft Kinect

August 27, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Dance Central, Dashboard, Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Microsoft, motion control, x10, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live4 Comments

One of the highlights of X’10 was getting a chance to go “hands on” with Microsoft’s controller-free controller Kinect. The various mini games in Kinect are actually quite the workout (see about 1 minute in the above video), and though there is lag, it didn’t seem to affect gameplay. We also got a sneak peak at the Kinect friendly version of the Xbox Dashboard, which allows you to navigate the console with either gestures or voice commands. Both features were working spot on, and it seems that Microsoft’s goal of…

Project Natal becomes Kinect

June 14, 2010June 14, 2010 Doug Groves Dance Central, Joyride, Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports, Kinectimals, Project Natal, Project Natal is Kinect, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Slim3 Comments

With E3 2010 kicking off, Microsoft has decided that the official name for Project Natal will be Kinect, according to a since-pulled article from USA Today that was published on Sunday. Besides the name change, a number of games were announced… Kinectimals, which is a virtual pet game, with over 20 different animal. Joyride a racing game that is driven by your avatar. Kinect Sports, which includes bowling, boxing beach volleyball, track and field, table tennis and soccer, and sounds very much like a controller free Wii Sports. Kinect Adventures,…