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Just When You Thought Kinect Couldn't Get Worse...

Posted on Friday, February 15 @ 20:00:00 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

When Microsoft originally unveiled Project Natal, it seemed like an interesting bit of technology that could open up another channel for the unintiated to enjoy video games with natural movements of the body, instead of A/B/X/Y. Manipulating two analog sticks at once is hard!

I don't blame the company for trying something different or even for trying to capitalize on the success of the Wii and the motion-control craze. When your two competitors in the console market do it, you kind of have to "jump in" too. What I do blame Microsoft for is making this possible:

Using the Kinect's motion sensing cameras, United Arrow's shop front now mimicks the average passer-by. The video comes by way of Larry Hyrb, better known as Major Nelson. I'm not sure if Microsoft had anything to do with building and installing these MarionetteBots, but I certainly hope they didn't.

This is too much for me. If a mannequin came to life in front of my eyes and started outright mocking me, I'd pick up a rack of clothing and beat it back to death. There is nothing scarier than a used-to-be lifeless mannequin and its soulless gaze as it starts to do the robot.

I wonder if the MarionetteBot would mimick my gait as I ran away from it.

Related Games: Kinectimals, Kinectimals, Kinectimals with Bears!

Tags: kinect

Comments

xDUMPWEEDx
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Feb 15th, 2013 at 8:46 pm
I'm still waiting for Kinectimals 2. I was addicted to the 1st one for years.

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Feb 15th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Pretty sure Japan is to blame for this one.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 9:58 am
It wouldn't be the first time.

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NecroWolf
Joined: Oct 2005

Posted: Feb 15th, 2013 at 10:58 pm
This is where it starts. The robot revolution.

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Noritama
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Feb 15th, 2013 at 11:45 pm
I actually like this. ;/ Need more of this.

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Chunibrow
Joined: Mar 2010

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 12:37 am
I actually think this is awesome.

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 12:38 am
The lack of footage of the bots moving and the amount of b roll tell me those things are awful.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 1:57 am
All I will remember are the cute little Japanese girls, Man up Daniel!

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 9:58 am
Yes, sir.... Sheesh.

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UghRochester
Joined: Jun 2006

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 3:44 am
If you want to destroy it, Dan, jump and slam your body to the ground. It may hurt yourself, but the attack should be super effective.

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SlimFoley87
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 6:56 am
This already happened back in 1987 with the movie Mannequin starring Andrew McCarthy. Needless to say it wasn't much better than these kinect ones.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 9:58 am
And Kim Cattrall.

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moretokes
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Feb 16th, 2013 at 9:05 am
Just push it over, spin off it's head and yell fatality while holding said head!

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BigTruckSeries
Joined: May 2006

Posted: Feb 17th, 2013 at 3:08 pm
I never bought the first one.
I WOULD NEVER buy the console/Kinect package.
I WILL NOT buy Kinect EVER.

It looked stupid from the first moment I saw it.
So did Playstation Move.

I'm not happy with the current generation of games because all they do is sell incomplete games and try to get you to spend more on DLC. If not - they sell you rehashed crap you've already played.

I think I'm gonna go back to NES, SUPER NES and Turbo Graphyx 16 - play all the classics. This new stuff is SHlT

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BigTruckSeries
Joined: May 2006

Posted: Feb 17th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
God forbid I meet the marionette cause suddenly there's gonna be a youtube video of the marionette simulating masturbation/felatio.

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uptown710
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Feb 17th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Though I love Japan, and the women and ramen they produce. I can only see this being used in some hentai type fashion in the future...

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