So Microsoft's E3 event just got over with and while it is exciting to see new trailers and gameplay from the big games (Gears 3, Reach, Fable 3, Black Ops) I would've liked to see more new games in the works. The trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Rising was awesome and seeing the new stuff for Kinect (Project Natal) was... entertaining. But the main theme of the show was definitely to show off what Kinect is capable of. There was nothing in it that really excited me as a core gamer and it all seems geared towards non-gamers and the casual audience. I could see it being fun as a party game and being able to jump into a game at any time by just standing next to your friend who is already playing seems pretty awesome. I touched on a few of the games on Kinect in the previous post, and after seeing them in action my stance hasn't really changed on it. Voice commands look pretty cool though and it looks like anything you can do with motion controls, you can also do with voice commands. Pausing and playing movies by saying "Xbox, pause" is pretty awesome so you don't have to fumble with the remote to find the pause button.
If XNA gets Kinect support (which I don't see happening anytime soon) I'll probably have to pick one up because it'll probably be all the rage just like zombies/avatars have been recently.
Also, here's some pictures of the new slim Xbox 360, from
Major Nelson's flickr:
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