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I've always thought they could make a decent kinect game if the game had you use both the controller and kinect 

Christ there's some freaky ass people on Omegle. I think my favorite was smoking mustache man. He was a thinker. 
 
I'm going to continue playing real games... with controllers, too. Mostly because I can't afford a Kinect though.

Now that all the reviews are out, I don't know whether Microsoft will be pleased or not, sure its been well reviewed and competent but most agree it's not that game changer and it won't remove the controller any time soon. For my money, I'd rather have the PSmove over kinect. 
 
P.s Mustache man was epic.

You need to get back on Omegle for as long as it takes to find pondering mustache man again. I must know his thoughts on the Kinect.

I think the moustacheod gentleman  stole my soul.

This is why I wanna see how much use can be made of Kinect in conjunction with a pad.  Is the headtracking accurate enough to reasonably mimic what TrackIR can achieve in something like Arma 2?  If so, that's potentially a pretty big step forward for FPS gaming.

you're implying the critics aren't human at all and we shouldn't trust their opinions on anything. 

It doesn't seem to be going well. I want Move, and a PS3, but as the holidays approach, I'm not seeing much about Move. Kinect just launched and yet, I still don't see any big holiday releases other than the launch titles. Even the Wii is slowing down. Maybe my motion fanboy ways is starting to fall behind the times. Next year, yeah, next year.

It's basically my problem with the Wiimote taken to the ultimate level: No buttons limits what a person can do to interact with the world and even if you were to replace the button presses with gestures, you're literally changing nothing, just replacing one scheme with another in a way that is unlikely to effect the game itself.

" @Claude: For the Move, I can see that wizard game being cool.. that's more I can say than the Kinect atleast  C'mon Claude, I thought you loved your God Damned Wii. "

I watched that entire Stream yesterday on the Kinect. From what I watched, none of that seams to make it worth the purchase. I'd rather wait until more games come out or until it get updates or something because some of that stuff seams to be very unresponsive, not to mention slower than actually pressing a couple buttons. 
 
I do not think its worth a purchase. Even with Dance Central doesn't seam like its worth $200 for a Kinect, an adventure game you can blow through in maybe a couple hours and a game that has only 32 songs.  
 
However, it does have potential. Seeing that Adrenaline Misfits gets me hopping there will be a new SSX tricky or Snowboard Kids.

I watched that entire Stream yesterday on the Kinect. From what I watched, none of that seams to make it worth the purchase. I'd rather wait until more games come out or until it get updates or something because some of that stuff seams to be very unresponsive, not to mention slower than actually pressing a couple buttons. 
 
I do not think its worth a purchase. Even with Dance Central doesn't seam like its worth $200 for a Kinect, an adventure game you can blow through in maybe a couple hours and a game that has only 32 songs.  
 
However, it does have potential. Seeing that Adrenaline Misfits gets me hopping there will be a new SSX tricky or Snowboard Kids.

As someone who drank the kool-aid and bought a Kinect I can say that it is a gimmick. Unfortunately for the haters though, this gimmick is not only fun, it demo's extremely well (when it is set up right).  Everyone in my family, and inner-circle of friends went ape-shit over this toy and I know that my parents and my friend Justin already picked up copies because of my demoing it to them.

Now, most self-labeled hardcore gamers will cringe at this mention, but, why do you feel entitled to everything? Why can't something just not be for you? Maybe, it is the fact that I am nearly thirty years old and have a significant other, but the fun we have had with this system in one day has already payed for itself. 

I think the real future for Kinect lies in Non-Games. Take Your Shape, this isn't trying to replace games, it's trying to replace workout DVD's and it proves that in the future this tech could replace a personal trainer. Then there is Dance Central, it's a lot more fun than anything the Wii offers in the casual crowd, plus it is teaching you a real world skill that you can take out of the game. The successful applications that these two titles show off, are the future for Kinect, not gaming.
 
Then again, maybe I am just not hard-core enough for gaming anymore. I have spent more time on iPhone and flash games, that I can play while watching TV, than 360 and PS3 games in the past year.