So the Kinect was something that I had expected to admire for a distance, at least for the next few months until I could afford it. What I did not expect was that my girlfriend would love the idea of owning Dance Central so much, that she would take me out to buy one today (a feat easier said than done, as almost everywhere was sold out). So here are my impressions, having finally been able to give the Kinect a try for a prolonged period of time...
 
Navigation: So one of the big draws to Kinect for me was the ability to navigate the menus and give it commands with just my hand or my voice. For the most part the commands using your hands work flawlessly, I really haven't had a problem. The voice stuff is a little more tricky. It usually detects my voice perfectly fine, but the Kinect does not come with a list of recognized voice commands, so there is a level of trial and error with trying to figure out what terms the XBox will recognize. Once you know the terms and where you can use them, it is pretty awesome to control the 360 with your voice.
 
Kinect Adventures: This game came free with the Kinect sensor, and I wasn't expecting much out of it but it provided me and 3 friends with about 2 hours laughs before they had to head out. The games are fun and show off the Kinect's technology effectively. The real fun came from animating the living statues you are rewarded with for completing challenges. The only real complaint I have about the game so far, is that there appears to be only 4 mini games, and all the challenges are just variations of the 4.
 
Dance Central: The real reason we bought the Kinect. The game is great. Lots of fun party songs with compelling choreography. The part I was worried about was it being too difficult, but so far I have been able to 5 star a song on the second or third try on easy or medium. The visuals are great and it looks like they're already supporting the game with downloadable songs, so I look forward to what they put out in the future (severe lack of songs off the Thriller album at the moment). 
 
To sum it up, the Kinect is great so far. It is a little pricey and does take a lot of room to work properly (6 feet for 1 player, 10 feet for 2). But if you have the money and the space I seriously recommend picking one up, and I'm already excited to see what experienced 3rd party developers like Harmonix can do with this technology.
 
What does Giantbomb think? Have a Kinect? Love it or hate it?