Dance Central As good as a dance game gets, for the time being. An amazing game that effectively shows off the capabilities of the Kinect. You learn real dance moves, which are adjudicated precisely by the Kinect, and in the process you can get a great workout. Rating by steve: 5.0 stars In my lifetime, I’ve played a lot of dance games. Back in the stone ages, I played Dance [ Read More ]
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved The best “pure fitness” title for the Xbox 360 A fitness title that shows off the immense potential of the Kinect for exercise. Innovative mini-games are both fun and provide great workouts, and the use of augmented reality to allow you to work out in real time “next to” your animated trainer and provide you accurate feedback is a first in video gaming. Highly recommended. Rating [ Read More ]
Brain and Body Connection A workout title for your brain, not your body Interesting variation on “exercise games” where the muscle you’re working out is your noggin. Similar to games like Wii Fit, you can calculate your “brain age” and see it decrease as you continue mastering the exercises. While the activities are fun, user interface annoyances and limited shelf life make this title fall short of being a “must-have”. [ Read More ]
Kinect Sports One of the “must-have” games for Xbox Kinect and Fitness Overall, Kinect Sports is a real winner. I’d say that it (and Dance Central, which I’ll review shortly) are the two “must have” games among the crop that launched with the Kinect. Even though it wasn’t designed as an exercise game, that it’s so fun that you’ll play it over and over again will almost guarantee that you’ll [ Read More ]
This is a step-by-step account of setting up my brand new Xbox 360 with Kinect sensor. While it’s a pretty simple process, Microsoft has managed to make it as cumbersome and tedious as installing Windows Vista. Still, at the end of the process you’ll have a pretty cool game system and newfound encouragement to exercise.
Buying an Xbox for Fitness 101. We talk you through the basics of how to buy and Xbox and a Kinect sensor for use in your exercise program.
The first post ever to XboxFitness.Org, introducing our brand new site which will provide the best reviews of Xbox Kinect fitness and exercise games on the Web! This site will aim to provide you with reviews of all the best Kinect Fitness Games out there. We’ll point out the best–and the not so best–so you’ll be able to invest your hard-earned money into the right games.