The Game-Modo guys blew the dust away from the Kinect and gave Kinect NAT GEO TV a go. Is this the best use of the Kinect yet? Check out what we think.
Console Monster - Wait a moment, let me stop you right there. If you like your hardcore military First Person Shooters or character heavy RPGs, then Kinect Nat Geo TV: America the Wild might not be the right title for you. If you have young children who go crazy for anything animal related, then could this be a good choice for you? Carry on reading to find out the grizzly truth.
Along with the recent launch of Kinect Sesame Street TV: Season Two, Microsoft Studios are pursuing their ‘2-way TV Experience’ brand with another chapter of Relentless Software’s Kinect Nat Geo TV. Aimed at a slightly older audience than the aforementioned interactive puppet show, Kinect Nat Geo TV: Season Two is the most modern definition of ‘edutainment’ imaginable.
interesting...
"Just as it was back in September last year, Kinect Nat Geo TV remains a fantastic example of the kind of innovative experiences that are available when motion-control devices are used properly. This isn’t a mini-game compilation of an interactive movie akin to the 1990s fad celebrating the birth of CD storage on videogame consoles; this is the best of those ideas modernised and packaged for an audience that cares what they buy into rather than simply adopting a family videogame for the holidays"
A few years ago they hype train for this device was so high it was unbelievable. You guys on here were touting project natal as the next coming. You and journalists were making up all the new ways we could game. You said we could control our dashboards like Minority Report and throw grenades wiuth our hands and go prone for prone.
Now in the article I see the word sesame street and attempting to target an older audience.
Use your brains people. Next time, remember this isn't 2087, it's 2013.
Fail on so many levels. And microsoft is still gonna try and ram this garbage down our throats.
GodisaGeek: "This second season, hosted by Dangerous Encounters’ Brady Barr, tasks player with watching interesting and informative documentary film footage, shouting at the screen during special built-in mini-games and “Going Wild”, becoming the animal that’s the focus of the particular episode you’re watching."
