Saturday, November 12, 2011

Eating my words

I wrote a blog a few months ago concerning how stupid people are for trying to include movement in video games. My aunt, however, recently got me a Kinect, and I have to admit: It may not be as stupid as I thought it was. Before you try to implore to keep an open mind, allow me to explain why I think this idea is not as stupid as I originally thought.
THE KINECT ACTUALLY ALLOWS ME TO BE LAZIER. How, you may be asking yourself, does a motion-sensing peripheral allow you to be lazier, VGG? Aside from the slight inconvenience of having to wave my arm to initiate the start-up sequence, its voice activated! I don't even have to waste the extra 30 calories to push the four buttons on my controller. I support any invention that streamlines my laziness. Now, if only my girlfriend would respond to voice activation. "Girlfriend, beer!" has done nothing but cause fights thus far.

(Disclaimer: I still think it's stupid to have a game based entirely on motion controls. Invariably, you will end up looking like these morons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4l1TVANMD4)