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Feedback -- Kinect Edition

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Posted November 3, 2010 - By Kevin Kelly


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First of all, thanks for waiting patiently. We know you like Feedback as early as we can get it to you, but this was one of those rare instances where our hands were tied by outside forces. Namely, the all-seeing, all-knowing, Hal-esque eye of Kinect. But now that it's midnight on the East Coast, LET FEEDBACK RING!

Also, we did some nifty stuff with this episode, like finally figuring out how the ginormous control board can route an outside call right into our ears (and yours), so we were able to have Adam call in from the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. after the violent video game hearings. Pretty cool stuff. We promise to only use this technology for (mostly) good.

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Here's your handy, non-motion controlled guide to what we talked about:

  • A woman in Florida kills her son while playing the ultra-violent game Farmville. Wait, what?!
  • Minecraft  p asses over 500,000 copies sold, and over 1.6 million users registered. Not bad for a game that's still in alpha! Thinking about diving in? Check out Steve "Crafty" Johnson's Minecraft tutorial before you do.
  • PlayStation Phone photos surface. Do you want it? Do you care? Are too many games in your pocket right now? Wait, you do have a phone in there, right?
  • Microsoft buys the motion sensing / 3D firm Canesta. Are they shutting down the competition? Or trying to make Kinect self-aware?
  • Oh, and of course, a huge discussion about Kinect. What did we think about it? How are the launch titles? Listen and find out.

Feedback: Where when the controller ends up being us, we're definitely going to need a new set of batteries. 

The AUDIO MP3 of this episode of FEEDBACK is available here: Right-click and Save.

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  • TomHoang

    I don't think you should making fun of that Farmville story.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 10:27 AM
  • Dreamcube09

    Disclaimer - I am new to this website and I don't get G$ on my TV!

    Is it just me, or did they just talk about the Kinect for about 30 minutes without really any comparison to the Wii's motion controller??? Well...other then a vague Wii Fit reference! It seemed a little biased to me. Also, the question about sequels didn't even lead them to bring up Mario or Zelda? I mean come on! 25 years of Mario and Zelda sequels wasn't worth mentioning I guess. lol Btw...the only reason I ended up on the website was because I was looking for a review of the new Goldeneye 007 game for the Wii. I guess that game isn't worth talking about either.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 10:09 AM
    Dreamcube09
  • cardinalsfan1122

    @ wicked_God Abbie knows already if Black Ops Sucks. Err i mean maybe it will..

    Posted: November 4, 2010 9:56 AM
    cardinalsfan1122
  • cardinalsfan1122

    @BTF1318
    Look I understand why they are paying more attention to Kinect and i'm not Bias. But i think you should look back at when move launched they didn't hype it nearly as much. There is a reason for that because it was hyped less and it had less of a wow factor. But Seriously don't be a jerk.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 9:51 AM
    cardinalsfan1122
  • kings_legacy

    Kinect games vs Black ops,AC brotherhood , RB3, Fallout New Vegas. Wow hard choice between waving my hands around or shoot people in the head?! Im going with shooting people in the head.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 9:43 AM
    kings_legacy
  • blueboykc

    i wanna see abbies bits.... O-0

    good show guys..really really funny stuff in there...

    Posted: November 4, 2010 9:01 AM
    blueboykc
  • Gio_dude

    feedback!!... cant take it for granted, damn directv took my g4 chan... after my sunday ticket is over, Im Out!

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:47 AM
    Gio_dude
  • TheMilkMonster

    At first I was upset that DirecTV dropped G4. Then I realized that I only watch G4 online anyway, but in support of the station, I'll call and complain anyway.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:29 AM
  • sick111one

    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6 283514.html?tag=latestheadline s%3Btitle%3B1

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:29 AM
  • sick111one

    "For all the talk of revolutionizing the Xbox 360 experience and making gaming more natural/ accessible, it's bordering on absurd how broken Kinect is when it comes to something as simple as working in your home. I find the technology itself fascinating, but the fact that I know a lot of people who simply won't get Kinect to work in their rooms beyond troubling. Given that Microsoft conducted a beta program with actual consumers, this issue is doubly surprising, but it could just be that Kinect just works that way (or doesn't, given your room) and there's no way short of redesigning the sensor to fix it.

    If Kinect does work for you, congratulations: you have what amounts -- for now -- to a novelty peripheral that is in no way geared towards the day-one buyer or "core" gamer. Microsoft conceived a potential game-changer with Project Natal, it just seems like Kinect was born prematurely."

    Hmm very conflicting info G4?

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:19 AM
  • sick111one

    Um interesting G4 because this hardware (Kinect) has got very average reviews from other reviewers. Also their are reports of it not being easy to setup. And how it doesn't work in every room. Not only that but their are facial recognition issues where it can't read certain races based on skin tone I assume? I am sure in your studio you had 15 feet of space but after "real" test from other companies they have had multiple problems. How did you guys miss all these issues when they are rampant on the internet? Microsoft payoff? The games are also getting terrible reviews.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:16 AM
  • wicked_god

    My lil girl wants it and i guess i will get it for her she is 3 and the regular xbox controler is just a little to big for her maybe this will help her game with daddy lol. Abbey OMG the kingdom hearts 3 thing has to be the funniest thing i have heard on this show ever!!!!!!!!! I think i replayed that part 10 times just now rotfl!!! I have a question tho, What if black ops just completly sucks? all the hype and everything what if it has more glitches than fallout? We would prob still like it and wait patiently for patches right... Sometimes when my wife is playing farmville or one of the other fb apps and i sit asking her what she's playing and y wont she help me with housework im not doing. Sometimes she hits me never the kids only me i feel so abused really just joking she slaps me not hits me lol

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:10 AM
    wicked_god
  • YoungIndy

    Ugh. That first segment had all the class and refined humane discourse as your average morning radio show.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 7:10 AM
    YoungIndy
  • CLUNGEHUNTERPJ

    metal gear has like 20+ installations. And people say halo is milked...

    Posted: November 4, 2010 6:15 AM
    CLUNGEHUNTERPJ
  • stryker126

    Somehow, I'm less than convinced by the all squee-ing over kinect that is taking place here. Reminds me alot of how people were going on about the Wii. Remember the wii? It's that DVD player looking thing thats covered in dust under your TV.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 5:50 AM
    stryker126
  • drangel_jam

    Discussing an infant's homicide with humor is a bit tasteless.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 5:10 AM
    drangel_jam
  • Funk_Doc

    Love how you guys went from bashing Kinect during and after E3 to slurping it up when it comes out. Abbie at E3 basically talked about Kinectimals like it was a joke and talked about how none of the games for Kinect were any good. Now Abbie "What kind of animals did you get?" and "I'm going out to get one!" I just hope she didn't pull any muscles doing those 180's. Don't get me wrong I love you guys and watch you every week but the amount of crow you guys are eating and not even noticing is amazing. You know you're on tape right? Everyone sees you guys bandwagon jumping.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 3:13 AM
  • EliteBAMF

    To all the fanboys that always say that certain video game reviewers are getting paid off: how about you provide proof of Microsoft's precedence for buying review scores. To my knowledge there is not a single case where a credible accusation has been levied against Microsoft for buying reviews. You all sound like a bunch of immature, illogical imbeciles.

    As a side note. Almost all of these Kinect games look really fun buy have the same shallowness of Wii's more popular non-franchise titles. It's really just an interface to play a laundry list of very fun mini-games. Once a fully fleshed RPG released for Kinect I might drop some cash on it.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 3:06 AM
    EliteBAMF
  • tdogg06051991

    I liked Heavenly Sword and then I was thinking about getting enslaved. But after Ninja Theory alienated me as PS3 user by saying all the crap they did I not only refused to buy enslaved but told people it was a crap game.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 1:46 AM
    tdogg06051991
  • tdogg06051991

    LOL there are no black people on staff at G4 are there. Thats a major market they just offended.

    Posted: November 4, 2010 1:28 AM
    tdogg06051991

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