thirdworldgamer

I'm not an R&B/rap fan, but every so often I come across youtube videos from this guy. They're always interesting, sometimes even funny:

http://games.kikizo.com/features/microsoft-natal-xbox-360-why-its-a-big-deal-p1.asp Excerpt: Natal is a new peripheral for Xbox 360 that currently exists in a very early work-in-progress form. This new, 'full body motion sensing' technology may be revolutionary for interactive entertainment, and quite frankly, leaves things like EyeToy, Wii MotionPlus, and Sony's new motion sensing controllers for PS3 - also revealed last week - in the dust. Anyone who doesn't yet understand why, this article is for you. There's a lot of positive buzz about Natal, but I was surprised to see how much doubt and even indifference there is about it after talking to everyone about it over the last week. Critics and fence-sitters of Natal seem to consistently be saying one of only a few things against it. I'm going to explain why they're missing the point, and why this thing is the real deal, based on my first-hand experience with it behind closed doors, as well as chats with proj...

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/06/kudo-tsunado-demos-project-natal/

The Youtube channel for Project Natal was just recently updated with more videos. http://www.youtube.com/xboxprojectnatal Here are just some of the videos there: Some time this week some misinformation was being spread on NEOGAF about how the system couldn't 'see' African Americans, citing how N'Gai Croal was having trouble with using it. There was a video on the Youtube channel with other personalities like Sugar Ray Leonard trying out the system, but many were saying that the video was 'edited' to look like they were enjoying themselves. Natal's detractors were also saying that if you watch the videos, you'll see the players crashing into walls in Burnout, hinting at serious problems with Natal. My take on this is: I didn't see any problems with the video where Sugar Ray Leonard and the others were trying out the technology. Maybe it was edited, maybe it wasn't; but it seemed to me that they were being fairly honest with their opinions about th...

For gamers in the Philippines, catch the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show tomorrow at 4:00 PM Philippine Time on JackTV, to see a live demonstration of the Xbox 360's Project Natal, courtesy of Kudo Tsunoda from Microsoft. It will be interesting to watch this on local cable TV tomorrow :D

No embed code for this video, so you'll have to visit the link: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7791505 The more I watch these videos of Natal, the more impressed I get. I can't wait for this! And that's saying a lot considering I'm not too big a fan of motion controls on Wii.

Watch the youtube channel for Project Natal for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/xboxprojectnatal Here it seems they also got random E3 visitors to try it as well:

E3 was featured on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show , with this segment: http://kotaku.com/5280535/jimmy-fallons-late-night-at-e3 According to Kotaku, the people from Late Night were so impressed with Natal that they've invited Kudo Tsunoda from Microsoft for a segment this coming Wednesday. If it pushes through, it's a huge opportunity for Microsoft to continue building awareness on their upcoming gaming platform. And, here's hoping for a youtube video of it online soon :D Late Night with Jimmy Fallon actually airs on local cable TV here (Jack TV), so maybe I can catch it.

Kotaku recently posted an article about how Project Natal has all the buzz coming out of E3: http://kotaku.com/5280739/so-which-e3-announcements-generated-the-most-buzz Surprising to see it beat out big hitters like Super Mario and Final Fantasy XIII. Also, in Gamespot's latest poll on which press conference did gamers liked best, Microsoft's poll clearly leads the rest, with a dominating 41% of the votes: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/modules/poll_results.php?poll_id=347336&tag=poll;results&popup=1

Click here for the full article: http://gizmodo.com/5277954/testing-project-natal-we-touched-the-intangible?skyline=true&s=i Here's a very interesting excerpt from the article: Burnout showcases a few important points for Microsoft. First, it's a real game that's been on the 360. So Natal doesn't weigh down on the processors so hard that you can't play games. Second, it requires fine motor control. I raised my hands in the air, mining a steering wheel. I hadn't given the system any time to scan my body after kicking Matt out, but I stepped by foot forward, signaling the gas all the same. The car accelerated. I twisted my arms. The car turned just the right amount. Microsoft had clearly tweaked the Burnout code a bit, forcing the car to feel a bit more like a powerful sedan than a street illegal beast out of some Fast and Furious sequel. And I'm guessing that Natal's ever so slight control delay was masked by the feeling of a looser-driving steering w...

Front page of Science and Technology Section, today's issue of the Philippine Star: Meanwhile, Sony's PSP Go, and their prototype motion sensor device, and Nintendo's Wii Motion Plus were nowhere to be found. They're newsworthy for gamers, but for the mainstream, they're not so interesting. Bloomberg: If you haven't heard of Project Natal yet, here's some videos from E3: The key now for Microsoft is to ride the momentum they've gained by showing Project Natal and having it released by the holidays of this year. No release date was mentioned during E3 itself, so this is a highly unlikely possibility; however, it really is the best time to reinvigorate the Xbox brand by having the new device bundled with every console as standard equipment by Christmas 2009. I also wonder if this technology will eventually be part of later versions of Windows...? It seems to have a lot of potential applications outside of gaming.

MS's presscon started out slow but at some point really picked up steam. Granted, starting out with The Beatles: Rock Band is not a bad choice, but I think they spent too much time on it. Then again, EA must be a really important developer for MS, and, it is the BEATLES after all, and they deserve all the respect that they get. On to what I thought were the most mind blowing points of the show: 1. Splinter Cell Conviction - a game I'd want to play for the story. It's too bad they had to kill off Sam's daughter but I suppose that's one way to raise the drama for the game. It's obvious Ubisoft is being influenced by Konami here, they want their character to be as memorable for players as Solid Snake by adding more melodrama. At the same time, the intensity is up a notch because since Sam is no longer tied to Third Echelon, he can use all his military skills without limit to get his revenge. This game is definitely worth a buy. 2. Forza Motorsport 3 - They've d...