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  • WyxHarmon
    #nouss
    • Aug 2010
    • 2693

    #136
    Re: Kinect Reviews

    Picking this up soon. Actually re arranged my entire room to get 6 feet infront of the tv. I have about 5'9 but i'm mounting it on top, so i should be good.
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    • allBthere
      All Star
      • Jan 2008
      • 5847

      #137
      Re: Kinect Reviews

      Originally posted by Wyatt965
      Picking this up soon. Actually re arranged my entire room to get 6 feet infront of the tv. I have about 5'9 but i'm mounting it on top, so i should be good.
      buddy, I hate to tell you this, but it could be a problem for you.

      make certain there is a return policy for you. I have more room than most and it is still at times wantng more....so maybe it's a case of calibrating it to be closer, but just be careful, don't be expecting it to workout 100% and avoid mom an pop stores because they usually don't have any return policy.
      Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.

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      • WyxHarmon
        #nouss
        • Aug 2010
        • 2693

        #138
        Re: Kinect Reviews

        Originally posted by allBthere
        buddy, I hate to tell you this, but it could be a problem for you.

        make certain there is a return policy for you. I have more room than most and it is still at times wantng more....so maybe it's a case of calibrating it to be closer, but just be careful, don't be expecting it to workout 100% and avoid mom an pop stores because they usually don't have any return policy.
        Oh yeah, I know. It's no problem if I need more space, I can very easily move things around. I have these little discs on everything and my floor is spotless. I can easily slide the couch back and get 3-4 more feet. I'll definitely be getting it from Best Buy or Fry's. Probably going to get the console bundle, as I have 18 month old arcade that will probably RRoD soon, and I was going to upgrade anyway. Anyone know if you can transfer files from my old hardrive to the one in the Slim?
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        • Flawless
          Bang-bang! Down-down!
          • Mar 2004
          • 16780

          #139
          Re: Kinect Reviews

          This is a nice story.


          Gaming Nexus

          Now, let me say a few years ago, my son was diagnosed with Autism. Thankfully, he’s pretty high functional so we’ve been fortunate in that he’s very responsive to my wife and I. When you’re a parent of a special needs child though, you really pay special attention to any small signs of progress. For me, it’s hard to not be amazed at some of the things he’s learned given the hand he’s dealt with.

          So, when my son really wanted to try out Kinect, I was more than happy to oblige. He’s taken up to watching me play a lot of video games and tries to play some himself. Controllers for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 do frustrate him and he has a lot of trouble controlling the characters on the screen using the peripherals, but he’s always willing to try and keep on practicing in getting better. As he tells me sometimes, “I want to play with you, Daddy.” so he’s pretty persistent in trying to get proficient with them.

          What proceeded to happen was pretty amazing to me. Firing up Kinect Adventures, we tried out Rally Ball as our first game to play together. He jumped around and flailed his arms and legs in trying to punch the balls back to the blocks. It was pretty cool to see but the thing that really threw me for a loop was when the game ended. The game made my son the primary controller and seeing as I didn’t explain anything to him on how it works, I was ready to tell him to step out so I can go in and navigate through the menus.

          But, I decided to see if he could follow my directions and interact with the menus. I said hold out your hand and place it on the button. Without any hesitation, he put his hand up and moved it over the button on the screen and held it there until the circle animation finished, indicating the button has been pressed. After that initial coaching, he proceeded to move around in the menus without much vocal cues from me. I just stood there and was flabbergasted by what I just saw. Microsoft’s design team did such a good job at creating a user interface with Kinect that my son was able to go through each menu to initiate the next round in Rally Ball. It’s intuitive enough that I spent barely any time teaching my four year old special needs son how to go about the menu system.

          Throughout my hour session with my son by my side, I was constantly impressed by how easy he could figure out each game and play them without getting fed up. He knew how to flap, glide, and move around in Space Pop just by me saying, “Flap your arms to fly.” once. A few moves around the living room let him figure out that the Avatar in the game mimicked his movements as well in moving in and out. With 20,000 Leaks, he had no trouble figuring out that you place your hand or foot over the leaks to close them. It was quite an exhilarating feeling to see him play all these little mini-games on his own with very minor coaching from me.

          For the first time, I was able to play something with my son and not spend any time with him being frustrated on not being to do anything or have a character get stuck on the screen. He had fun with all the games and actually did well with them. The joy in his eyes as he was able to complete the tasks and move around in the menus is something I’ll never forget.

          Kinect isn’t targeted to me, but it’s brought my son into the gaming fold with its intuitive controls and simple games in Kinect Adventures. Even though I haven’t found a launch game that I’m interested in spending a lot of time with alone, I know that I’m able to spend some great time playing along side my son and see him thoroughly enjoying his time on a console. While he still struggles in communicating, I know there’s one thing he can do without having to deal with any of the frustrations Autism has brought upon in his life. And for me, that’s worth much more than the $150 I spent in picking up the peripheral.
          Go Noles!!! >>----->

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          • DaveDQ
            13
            • Sep 2003
            • 7664

            #140
            Re: Kinect Reviews

            Originally posted by Flawless
            This is a nice story.


            Gaming Nexus
            I saw that. Very sweet story.
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            • joet6683
              Pro
              • Mar 2004
              • 865

              #141
              Re: Kinect Reviews

              Originally posted by Wyatt965
              Oh yeah, I know. It's no problem if I need more space, I can very easily move things around. I have these little discs on everything and my floor is spotless. I can easily slide the couch back and get 3-4 more feet. I'll definitely be getting it from Best Buy or Fry's. Probably going to get the console bundle, as I have 18 month old arcade that will probably RRoD soon, and I was going to upgrade anyway. Anyone know if you can transfer files from my old hardrive to the one in the Slim?
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              That will do exactly what you need in one go.

              You can also use a usb flash drive, it might take a couple trips back and forth to grab all saves depending on how much space you have used on the HD and how much space you have on the flash drive.

              As far as the transfer cable from MS...you can probably find one for cheaper on ebay or amazon, however I have heard that the non-official ones sometimes do not work correctly, or at all. If you were going to take this route I would recommend getting it directly from MS.

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              • CaptainZombie
                Brains
                • Jul 2003
                • 37851

                #142
                Re: Kinect Reviews

                Originally posted by Flawless
                This is a nice story.


                Gaming Nexus
                Very touching story.

                My family and I are loving Kinect a lot, we have played this thing with the kids almost every night since we got it. Before with the Wii, sometimes someone would get cracked with a Wiimote. LOL! Now I have to worry about the kids either cracking each other with flying arms or kicks (soccer). LOL!
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                • ExtremeGamer
                  Extra Life 11/3/18
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 35299

                  #143
                  Re: Kinect Reviews

                  Loved that story, nice to see how this can help out in more ways than one.

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                  • Skyboxer
                    Donny Baseball!
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 20302

                    #144
                    Re: Kinect Reviews

                    Think I'll be picking uip the fitness disk this week.
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                    • Cyros
                      ULTRAAAA!!!!
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 12628

                      #145
                      Re: Kinect Reviews

                      Kinect costs Microsoft $56 to make

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                      • Skyboxer
                        Donny Baseball!
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 20302

                        #146
                        Re: Kinect Reviews

                        Got a 10.00 off coupon at EB so I'm thinking I'll be getting another Kinect game. Leaning towards Your Fitness (or whatever it's called)
                        Joshua:
                        "D.O.D. pension files indicate current mailing as: Dr. Robert Hume,
                        a.k.a. Stephen W. Falken, 5 Tall Cedar Road, Goose Island, Oregon"


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                        • sportdan30
                          MVP
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 2012

                          #147
                          Re: Kinect Reviews

                          Has anyone experienced loss of sound while playing any of your kinect games. After about 15 minutes I'm losing sound. Any ideas why this may be happening?
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                          • Skyboxer
                            Donny Baseball!
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 20302

                            #148
                            Re: Kinect Reviews

                            I haven't had that issue......
                            Joshua:
                            "D.O.D. pension files indicate current mailing as: Dr. Robert Hume,
                            a.k.a. Stephen W. Falken, 5 Tall Cedar Road, Goose Island, Oregon"


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                            • sportdan30
                              MVP
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 2012

                              #149
                              Re: Kinect Reviews

                              I think it was a bad HDMI cable. Just bought a new one from Wal-Mart and so far no issues after an hour of game-play.
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                              • CaptainZombie
                                Brains
                                • Jul 2003
                                • 37851

                                #150
                                Re: Kinect Reviews

                                How is Kinectimals? My kids keep asking for this so we are thinking of picking it up.
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