@monkeyking1969: This is good news. There was nothing worse than the kinect reading your hand while drinking from a glass as an attempted gesture. Last I checked you could only turn it off during video playback and that didn't always work. We had to angle the unit away just to avoid this. I assume the voice controls will still work and we use those all the time. The camera also works well enough for xbox fitness.
Dragon Age cannot be considered a great game with the amount of crap you have to pickup or the amount of crap you have to ignore if you just want to walk/run from one place to another.
I found nothing wrong with that video. Sure there were a few cringe worthy lines, but they are a game company not a traditional TV or movie studio and they packed a decent amount of info in a short clip.
Level 14 Warlock... so yeah, laid back. I am down for this as I prefer single player, but I feel this game may benefit with an occasional grouping. I tend to drink an adult beverage while gaming instead of loading up on caffeine so my aim may be a bit off at times.
@r_coles: No, but thanks for the heads up. I currently just enjoy the insanity workouts when my schedule lines up and I am at home on the correct schedule days. I may try the p90x ones when they start scaling back the available free workouts. I only have two friends that use the fitness feature, so add me, mernmern, so that it can pull your data for the challenges and such.
Go with the kinect. I love the voice commands for easy navigation without the controller or for navigating while you are looking for or powering up the controller. I also use it to change channels and pause the tv. Also, we use the kinect for xbox fitness and it works pretty well. Well enough in fact that it forces me put a bit more effort into routines I have done off of disks for years such as insanity or p-90x plyometrics. Also, the woman started doing the brazillian butt lift routine, so thats cool.
I preordered Destiny on Amazon a while ago. However, I am tempted to go through MS with a digital download now that it may be downloaded in advance. HDD space will be an issue very soon, but I will deal with that... probably later this fall. Amazon was an automatic win because of day one delivery and no tax and I think it will continue to be for single player campaign games in the 12-20 hour range. However, going forward, I think I may purchase online games and really long games, DA3, via digital download unless amazon or other retailers provide a definitive advantage to purchasing the physical copy (e.g. price).
I love hockey and as I have gotten older it has become clear that it is not a sport you play to get into shape. It is a sport you enjoy if you are in shape. As a result, I tend to work in a lot of cardio between games. I rotate through p90x and am currently working through Insanity. When I am at home and one of the available xbox fitness workouts lines up with my schedule I do it through xbox instead of using the DVD and I really enjoy it. It forces you to really push the tempo at times. It does need some work though.
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