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The Hardcore Kinect Game You've Been Waiting For: Hole in the Wall

Posted by patrickklepek (1625 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
This could get a little creepy with friends.

There's been a not-so-steady stream of games supporting Microsoft's Kinect device since its splashy launch. I still haven't plugged the thing back in since moving back to San Francisco, despite having been enthusiastic about the premise, especially Dance Central.

Aaaaand while the concept is gimmicky, I'm sorta stoked at GameSetWatch stumbling upon a German ratings entry for Hole in the Wall.

Hole in the Wall airs on Cartoon Network, best summarized by its own damn name. Contestants are forced to position themselves in ridiculous poses to pass through a...hole in the wall.

The ratings entry listed Hole in the Wall as being a downloadable game for Kinect, which is something Microsoft has strangely shied away from in the moths after Kinect's launch. Getting a downloadable game up and running using Kinect's hardware might have proved less daunting and help fill software gaps.

Looks that might change beginning at E3, though. Twisted Pixel Games has also announced a downloadable Kinect game, the awesome and bizarre-looking on-rails shooter, The Gunstringer.

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#1 Posted by patrickklepek (1625 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
This could get a little creepy with friends.

There's been a not-so-steady stream of games supporting Microsoft's Kinect device since its splashy launch. I still haven't plugged the thing back in since moving back to San Francisco, despite having been enthusiastic about the premise, especially Dance Central.

Aaaaand while the concept is gimmicky, I'm sorta stoked at GameSetWatch stumbling upon a German ratings entry for Hole in the Wall.

Hole in the Wall airs on Cartoon Network, best summarized by its own damn name. Contestants are forced to position themselves in ridiculous poses to pass through a...hole in the wall.

The ratings entry listed Hole in the Wall as being a downloadable game for Kinect, which is something Microsoft has strangely shied away from in the moths after Kinect's launch. Getting a downloadable game up and running using Kinect's hardware might have proved less daunting and help fill software gaps.

Looks that might change beginning at E3, though. Twisted Pixel Games has also announced a downloadable Kinect game, the awesome and bizarre-looking on-rails shooter, The Gunstringer.

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#2 Edited by RobbleWobble (166 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I LOVE holes in walls.

#3 Posted by datarez (331 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

As long as there aren't many "Bam! There it is." kinect moments this could be an entertaining party game. 

#4 Posted by kermoosh (910 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
dont we all
#5 Posted by Khann (2048 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

YEAH SICK BRO FUCK YEAH SICK SWEET

#6 Posted by Danteveli (797 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Yes Yes and Yes one more time.
Epic
 No longer only a viewer  now we can participate in greatest tv program

#7 Posted by craigbo180 (1739 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

This a perfectly except-able game to be downloadable for the Kinect.

#8 Posted by PhatSeeJay (3311 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Will it be sexy?

#9 Posted by Hammerjelly (220 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I would play this.

#10 Posted by WiqidBritt (545 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

not exactly the thing that comes to mind when I hear someone talk about a hardcore hole-in-the-wall...

#11 Posted by Sin4profit (2598 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

tehee,  "moths"

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#12 Posted by WhytePanther (94 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Will there be a boxed special edition with the costume?

#13 Posted by ChuckVsWorld (3 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Put "Glory" in the front of that title and watch sales skyrocket.

#14 Posted by JoshyLee (153 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

This will probably end up being an excellent party game.

#15 Posted by RobertOrri (964 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

German, hardcore, hole in the wall... wow.

#16 Posted by Natalia (119 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I can't wait for the Quick Look of this.

#17 Posted by TerraDelu (451 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Hahaha at first I thought this was the news story Patrick was talking about on twitter. It definitely isn't.

#18 Posted by VicRattlehead (1393 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

man the UK version of this show is god fucking awful... 

#19 Posted by MjHealy (1419 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure this was on the BBC for a while. It seemed pretty dumb though it seems to suit the Kinect.

#20 Posted by onimonkii (2314 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

#21 Posted by Chubbaluphigous (560 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

How glorious

#22 Posted by Yummylee (18138 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Isn't this game already on one of those Kinect mini-game compilations? The one that Ryan and Alex QL'ed; the last Kinect QL at that I think.

#23 Posted by yeah_write (196 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Half the fun of that game (on TV) is watching too-large people try to smash themselves through a hold on a physical wall. Not sure it'd be as hilarious with a virtual wall, but it'd still be entertaining to pull out at parties. 

#24 Posted by deckardbrain (2 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

This is my hole! It was made for me!

#25 Posted by Vexxan (4550 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@Natalia said:
I can't wait for the Quick Look of this.
It will be magnificent
#26 Posted by Hockeymask27 (3445 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I always thought it would come to this.

#27 Posted by dcgc (823 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Japanese "Hole in the Wall". Now that would be awesome!

#28 Posted by Myomoto (309 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Hole in the wall just sounds like a glory hole simulator...

#29 Posted by ValiantGrizzly (497 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@la26 said:
  a whole bunch of nonsense advertising bullshit
Wait, what? Spam? On MY Giant Bomb?
#30 Posted by wizll (8 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

can't wait for the QL

#31 Posted by Grilledcheez (3717 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

This could be fun, the fact that some developers are embracing downloadable kinect games seems like a great idea to me.  

#32 Posted by YukoAsho (1523 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Yeah, that's a very, very different type of hardcore.

#33 Posted by LoktarOgar (231 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Didn't Ryan and Alex already do a quicklook of a game where hole in the wall was just 1 of the minigames?

#34 Posted by Xpgamer7 (2259 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Human tetris is finally here!

#35 Posted by TheRandomKo (236 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@wizll
can't wait for the QL
That..
#36 Posted by abdo (1025 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Yep, Kinect is still a joke.

#37 Posted by blaakmawf (540 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

This isn't a hardcore game.

#38 Posted by pikeplacer (388 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@Xpgamer7 said:
Human tetris is finally here!

Just brilliant      ^^^^
#39 Posted by Althox (283 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I WANT A QUICKLOOK OF THIS GAME!... AND ALSO BEER!

#40 Posted by giant_frying_pan (56 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

BRING ON THE WALL!

#41 Posted by FesteringNeon (2098 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

too bad there isn't force feedback. I'd love to see people get knocked down if they fail.

#42 Posted by HBK619 (151 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I demand an Endurance Run of this game!

#43 Posted by Little_Socrates (5427 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Probably one of the better game shows useable for Kinect.

#44 Posted by Deusoma (2853 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@bukkookkub said:
too bad there isn't force feedback. I'd love to see people get knocked down if they fail.
Oh man, yeah. That would make this game at least 120% more entertaining.
#45 Posted by Absolute_Zero (235 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago
@Abyssfull @LoktarOgar Yep. It was a minigame in that Carnival Games... game.
#46 Posted by geirr (1669 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

Great.

#47 Posted by zudthespud (3204 posts) - 2 years, 1 day ago

I preferred hole in the wall when it was only in Japan and we called it "Human Tetris". The British version is abysmal, but so is everything else on TV at 5PM on a Saturday.

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