Unless you’ve been too wrapped up in World Cup fever, you’ve probably noticed there were a few news stories about E3 and all the new gaming options that are coming out in the near future. One of these stories is the release of the Xbox Kinect (formerly Project Natal) and the Kinect series of games.
Kinect (pronounced: connect) is an auxiliary device for your Xbox that allows you to use your body as the controller in order to play games. To drive a car you just put your hands out like they’re on a steering wheel. To ride a skateboard, you stand sideways and lean back, forth, forward and backward. You are literally part of the game.
So what is this fancy new tech device doing on a board game site? Well, my friends, the Kinect has one other capability that has not been discussed all that much. Kinect allows you to connect with other Xbox users and play games, chat, and interact with them in an almost Skype or Apple Facetime way. Read the rest of this entry »








