Looking for Christmas Deals on the Xbox and Kinect? Here are a couple good ones from Amazon: – Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures, Gunstringer, and Fruit Ninja – $99 – 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect Bundle – $299.99 with $80 Amazon Credit – Kinect Sports – $24.99 – Dance Central 2 – $24.99 – Disneyland Kinect Adventures – $24.99 Usually when Amazon slashes prices like this it’s because they’re matching [ Read More ]
King Fu High Impact A groundbreaking fighting game that will set the standard of future Kinect Exercise games Kung Fu High Impact introduces something innovative to the world of video games: instead of using an avatar or a cartoon representation of you, YOU yourself are the actor in the video game. Your real-time video image is used as you kick, punch, and jump your way through a comic book world [ Read More ]
For today only (Monday, 12/5/11), as part of their Gold Box and Lightning Deals, Amazon is having a big sale on all kinds of Xbox Exercise games throughout the day. Check this link throughout the day: Amazon Sale Some of the highlights (using my best guesses, as Amazon is often cryptic with their “clues” of sales that are coming: – All day (while supplies last), Just Dance 3 is only [ Read More ]
As most of you know, I like to post full reviews with videos on this site, and then post some of the key excepts of the reviews to Amazon. Recently, I posted a three-star review of Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure under my “nutwiisystem.com” moniker. I thought the review was fair, honest and balanced. I noticed a few things right away. First, a LOT more people were voting the review as “unhelpful” [ Read More ]
One year ago today I published my comparison between the Xbox Kinect, the Playstation Move, and the Wii based on my early experiences with the systems. I thought it might be a good time to give an update, especially with Christmas approaching. I’ll use the same grading system I used a year ago. Technology: Wii: C Playstation Move: A Kinect: A I had to dock the Wii a letter grade [ Read More ]
Who knows how long this deal will last, but Amazon has the Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect for sale at $199. There have been similar deals in recent weeks where you’d buy it at the retail price of $299 and get a $100 gift card, but this is the cheapest I’ve seen it out-of-pocket. If you’ve been on the fence about getting a new Xbox, jump on it while [ Read More ]
It’s been a year since the motion control console wars started. A lot of Xbox owners have been taking a “wait and see” approach as to whether to get a Kinect. While some may still debate the relative advantages of one system over another (and I have my own post on the subject coming up in a few days), one thing is very clear: the Xbox has by far the [ Read More ]
Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure Jillian’s first entry into the world of Kinect gaming is a good game if your conditions are absolutely, absolutely perfect. But for those of us for whom it is not, it carries over too many issues from the ill-fated Wii versions. Fans of Jillian Michaels have been dreaming for years of a game where Jillian could truly act as your “virtual trainer”. That’s why over 600,000 [ Read More ]
If you’re not on Bing Rewards yet, you really should think about it! With Bing Rewards, you get points every time you search on Bing (up to 10 points a day) and when you perform certain tasks. For those who don’t know, Bing is basically Microsoft’s attempt to build a search engine that competes with Google. They’ve had years of very bad luck with such absurdities as MSN Search and [ Read More ]
Kinect Disneyland Adventures An amazingly authentic virtual Disneyland with spectacular attention to detail, marred only by some uninspired gameplay If you love Disneyland or Walt Disney World, you will feel right at home with Kinect Disneyland Adventures. The theme park is recreated with amazing details as an open world for you and your kids to explore and interact in. Graphics and attention to Disney detail are impressive, but the execution [ Read More ]