Tag Archives: Kinect

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor review

The wonderful thing about mecha is their transformative power. It’s a dream embodied by the ‘falling into the cockpit’ trope introduced back in the heyday of ’70 giant robot anime. In an instant, you go from regular teen to a hero capable of crushing whole city blocks. And you do …

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How Microsofts new Kinect focus lost a connection with one gamer

“You know what would be really funny?”, we said the other day. “If we counted the number of times the word ‘Kinect’ was uttered during last year’s abhorrently motion-control-fixated Microsoft press conference, and then compared it to the number of times it’s said this year”. Our thinking was simple. An …

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Ubisoft assembling Avengers game

Right now”The Avengers” is dominating cinema screens twelve ways from Sunday, so naturally, the powers that be would like Nick Fury’s super squad to dominate your TV screen, too. To that end, Ubisoft has announced the development of Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, a title specifically geared to the strengths …

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Dance Central 2 review

We hit the final pose of Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On” with a satisfied, but sweaty, grin. One of the most difficult songs in Dance Central 2 is a prime example of why this series is so successful: interesting and challenging choreography that’s still fun, a familiar Top 40 …

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