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Review of Adidas MiCoach for Kinect

Posted by steve on July - 30 - 2012

Adidas MiCoach for Kinect Excellent Kinect workout game for aspiring athletes If I had to summarize Adidas miCoach for Kinect in one word, it’d be “ambitious”. While other fitness titles aspire to simulate the gym instructor down the road, MiCoach aspires to simulate a professional-caliber strength and conditioning coach. And it pulls it off. Rating by steve: 4.5 stars   There are a couple of options in Adidas miCoach for  [ Read More ]

Review of Kung Fu High Impact

Not sure how long this will last, but our #1 rated Xbox Fitness game, Kung Fu High Impact, is on sale at Amazon for around $15.89 with free Super Saver Shipping (update: it’s now down to $13.99 for some sellers with free shipping) There’s no telling how long this will last, so grab it while you can! As I wrote in my review of thing game, it does an amazing  [ Read More ]

Using an iPad with the Xbox with Free Xbox Companion App

Posted by steve on July - 21 - 2012
controlling xbox with ipad

Do you own an iPad? Here’s some cool news. A few months ago Microsoft released the XBOX Live app for iPhone and Android devices. Recently, they’ve updated the app for the iPad. The app is available on the iTunes store. To use it, download and install the app on your iPad. You’ll also need to go into your Xbox to Settings > System > Console Settings > Xbox Companion and  [ Read More ]

Review of Let’s Dance for Xbox Kinect

Posted by steve on July - 20 - 2012
lets dance kinect box

Let’s Dance for Kinect Won’t dethrone the leaders anytime soon, but still a solid dance game with some nice innovations Let’s Dance is a dance game developed by Lightning Fish games which is innovative in its use of your real video image instead of a cartoon avatar. While the game is not without its faults, and is certainly not going to de-throne Dance Central for accuracy nor Just Dance 3  [ Read More ]

Track Calories on the Kinect with Kinect PlayFit

Posted by steve on July - 11 - 2012
kinect playfit screen

Today, a game-changer (literally) launches on Xbox LIVE. And the best thing about it: it’s FREE. Kinect PlayFit is a new dashboard that appears on your Xbox LIVE screen that track calories that you burn across Kinect games. It works across different games, meaning that if you play Dance Central 2 today, Kinect Star Wars tomorrow, and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 a week from now, all of that will  [ Read More ]

For those of you who like me have been waiting with baited breath for the release of Adidas MiCoach for the Kinect, your wait is only two weeks longer. A number of retailers have posted pre-order links. The benefit of pre-ordering is that in case they end up selling more copies than they planned, you’ll have a guaranteed copy in your hands. I would definitely recommending using the in-store pickup  [ Read More ]