GameStop has listed Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149.99. This is a pre-order price and subject to change. Let’s forget about that for a second and pretend this is the “real” price. Is it too much for this peripheral? Considering you can buy a Wii for just a bit more money, it seems kind of steep. I’m going to have to give it more thought, buy my initial reaction is that Microsoft better price this thing lower or it’s going to flop.
Microsoft unveiled a new version of the Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive and WiFi. The design is smaller, uses less power, and is allegedly quieter than its forerunners. The design is angular and totally reminds me of Alienware desktop computers. It looks like a pretty sweet machine, but will you buy one this year? Take the poll and let me know (please)!
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Thanks to everyone that joined me for my Microsoft E3 2010 press conference live blog. Now that the presser is over, I want to get your thoughts on MS’ showing. As for me, I was mostly bored with the content. Aside from Metal Gear Solid: Rising and Gears of War 3, I didn’t see much that was fun or compelling. Et vous?
After kicking off its E3 2010 press activities with an extraordinarily lame event (by most accounts), Microsoft hopes for a second wind with its Monday morning press conference. While Kinect (Project Natal) was the focus last night, look for big news on games, the evolution of Xbox Live, and more. Rumors are swirling about an Xbox 360 “Slim” model and I’m personally hoping for some cool news on Windows Phone 7 connectivity with Live. How’s it all going to shake down? Let’s find out together as I live blog the hell out of this presser!
47 Communications’ B4 party is truly the best way to kick off E3. It’s a very chill event that serves as the calm before the storm (you know, when E3 explodes in all our faces). The party is kind of like the first day of summer camp. Everyone is just getting in and you get to catch up with old friends that you haven’t seen in a long time. It’s also unique for E3 since this is the one time during the week when you’re allowed to get drunk in the daytime. Enjoy my party pics!
I’ve know three of these people for 10+ years. I feel old….
Overhead shot!
My favorite lady at the party — the tavern wench!
IGN Dana and @Gamer Wil are awesome people.
Three people that left games journalism. Thankfully Andy Eddy was there to keep it real!
Another random crowd shot.
AOL Libe and PR goddess Andrea made sure it wasn’t a total sausage fest.
Giant Bomb Jeff and Giant Bomb Brad are super cool. Ask him!!!
Ignition Shane, Wired Chris, and super freelancer Gus kept cool inside. Very smart.
Super legend Perrin, VentureBeat Dean, and G4 Abbie.
Universal Pete was paying of Marvel Chris for unknown reasons.
Yeah, most of these parties are comprised of nerdy guys standing around and talking about geek stuff. In other words, they’re cool. :P
I left a perfectly good party and am skipping on another potentially fun party to make sure that you know that the motion-control device formally known as Project Natal has been officially named Xbox Kinect. I wasn’t invited to tonight’s press event (due to lameness) and am happy I wasn’t. Almost all my developer and journalist friends thought it was incredible lame. That said, the proof is in the pudding and I want to see Kinect in action before I make any judgements.
For now, what do you think of the name? Hip or lame?
It’s E3 week! Can you feel the love tonight?!? (Lion King lines Raymond? Seriously?!?) I’m off to my first E3 party in a few hours, but wanted to give you a heads up on my plans for the week. It’ll be so much fun talking about the show with you guys and dolls.
– I’m going to be sorta kinda live blogging the three major press conferences (Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony). The first one kicks off tomorrow and I’ll be using Cover It Live. Hopefully it will work for most of you.
– The reason I said that I’m “sorta kinda” live blogging the pressers is that I’ll have to take a few chunks of time out of each one to write stories for Shack News. That’s right, Brian Leahy and I will be reunited for one week only! My excellent friend Garnett Lee will be steering the ship for Shack. I’m looking forward to working with these cats. If you have time, please register so you can comment on my Shack News stories (using a variation of “RPadtv” in your username would be nice, free advertising!).
– Since I’ll be busy with stories for Shack throughout the week, I’m not going to be able to post too many stories here. I am going to link to everything I write for Shack and will post lots of pictures for discussion. I’ll have my Evo 4G and laptop with me, so I’ll be commenting as much as I can.
– The site’s Alexa ranking is on the verge of cracking the top 100,000. Thanks for all your support!!! I you haven’t downloaded the Alexa toolbar, please do. Every visit helps. Thanks to you, I’m beating or competing with loads of established sites. Considering that the site hasn’t been up for a year and I’m just one guy, the results are incredible. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
The sexy Alex Pham of The LA Times has details on a handful of Project Natal launch games that will be show at E3 2010. Here’s a brief synopsis:
River Rush: Steering a virtual raft past waterfalls, rocks and other obstacles requires lots of jumping and leaning.
Ricochet: Players use their arms, legs, feet and head to block a frantic barrage of soccer-sized balls.
Living Statue: This game lets players record their avatars dancing and singing karaoke-style, then e-mail the video masterpiece to their friends.
Obstacle Course: Players pull, dodge and jump their way through a series of levels resembling what you would find at summer camp, sans the mosquitoes.
Pham has much more information on these games, so be sure to check out her article if you’re remotely interested in Microsoft’s motion-control titles for Xbox 360. Additionally, she wrote that there will be “about a dozen” more Natal games shown by Microsoft next week.
I know that most of you guys and dolls are motion control haters, but I still want to hear what you think of these games. Anything on the list sound fun to you?
MTV Games, Harmonix, Fender, and Mad Catz have teamed up for some truly excellent Rock Band 3 controllers. A lot of you have been having keytar dreams since that feature was revealed…and now you can check it out! I’ll stop blabbing and let you look at these fine photos of the Rock Band 3 peripherals.
I’m so, so, so psyched for E3 2010!!! Like Phil Collins, I can feel it coming in the air tonight. With the show just around the corner, I get these random bouts of excited energy (I’m pretty sure this is what “Hulking up” is like). The energy has caused me to think about the five known games I’m looking forward to at this year’s show. Here they are!
Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, your World Cup predictions, Intelligentsia’s Edelweiss Finagro Estate Tanzania (my official coffee of E3 2010), or Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra, Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
I’m so, so, so psyched for E3 2010!!! Like Phil Collins, I can feel it coming in the air tonight. With the show just around the corner, I keep getting these random bouts of excited energy (I’m pretty sure this is what “Hulking up” is like). The energy has caused me to think about the five (known) games I’m looking forward to at this year’s show. Here they are!
