Stephen Colbert is a funny guy who does funny things on his funny television show. This is one of those funny things. After hearing about Project Natal, Colbert did some top secret spy work and found out that Microsoft's next system was going to be the Ex-Xbox. You can see him actually playing it below. Now I just have to find how to get some of those threads that only smart people can see that he's talking about.
Not to get all serious when we're all having so much fun, but despite this being a joke it points to one of the major problems I have with Natal. It really isn't a better way to control games, and while Microsoft is contending that it's getting rid of a major barrier with the lack of a controller, I would say that setting up a camera in your house might be just as big a one. I think Colbert's skit points out some of the issues with how ridiculous this technology is for a large chunk of gaming. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome for some things, and looks to be an impressive piece of tech, but I can't help wonder how it's going to improve how I play games in any way.
There I've changed a post about The Colbert Report into a mini-rant on Natal. What? Cut me some slack, I'm only here on the weekends.
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12:00 PM on 06.20.2009
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inb4wiisuckswiimotioncontrolssuck
He took the show to Baghdad last week for a USO thing and the army shaved his head.
He got the cut when he went to Iraq for a week with the troops...I'll leave it up to you to visualize how he got it. Ah what the hell here ya go.
"Any child with a skateboard and the skill to ride a skateboard...no longer has to ride a skateboard." That made me chuckle. No need to go outside and actually skate in real life, now you can buy a $200 deck, scan it into the game and fake it in your living room. I know Natal will be cool for some stuff, but for myself I'd much rather do some of this stuff in real life than in my house in front of a TV.
Canadian mirror to episode because Destructiod doesn't have any love for us.
Canadian mirror to episode because Destructiod doesn't have any love for us.
inb4awyouknow
Whatever happened to that guy? It's been weeks since a Chronic sighting.
(and it's about half way through clip 2)
... I don't actually get what the big deal is about Natal... Sony had the Eyetoy and PSEye, but the games simply don't sell (of course, they're also not being produced either... the PSEye is so totally neglected!). I don't know why MS seems to think that Natal will do any better than the Eyetoy did. Same concept, different price tag.
Gamers want good games... and so far the camera option/concept has only produced mildly entertaining party games or artsy games. :(
I would have been much more excited if they had showed an interesting game concept that actually utilized the camera in a new and innovative way.
Probably takes some time to use it but once there is a lot of fun.. like everything, is not like you learn to skateboard, soccer, baseball in an hour, NO PAIN NO GAIN.
How the hell is removing the controler a good thing!? If I'm gonna feel imersed by swinging a sword in a videogame, then I'm going to need something to hold to make me feel like I'm actually swinging a sword!
I think the Wii along with the WiiMotionPlus will be the best alternative for motion controlled gaming this generation. I'm still not so sure about the Sony tech yet. Will it require me to stand in front of the camera constantly? If not, then that might be the better alternative.
controllers. If that doesn't work Microsoft is a lying bastard.
Only if everything goes according to plan. If you think MS wants Natal to turn out any other way than it appears to in that video, you're an idiot.