The Dangers Of Playing Kinect Enthusiastically

Microsoft’s new Kinect sensor continues to walk the path of Nintendo’s Wii with Civil-War-reenactment precision. 1) Sports mini-game compilation released. 2) Talk show hosts made giddy. Now: 3) Accidental swattings and injuries immortalized on YouTube and elsewhere.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/review-kinect-sports-5679411 Up top is one unintended swat of one Kinect gamer by another. Here is a second, though the diaper-wearing injured party appears ready for revenge: This is what happens, in some homes, when Microsoft releases an add-on called Kinect to the Xbox 360 that lets you control video games with movements [[link]] of your body, no controller [[link]] required. (Full [[link]] Kinect coverage here.) It’s the Wii all over again, minus anything to hold in your hand. https://kotaku.com/the-complete-kinect-round-up-5682537 And here, in mere photo form, is the busted hand of one Bill Linn, gaming public relations man, who tells Kotaku: “Have exposed beams in my house at 9 ft. Went to spike the ball in deca sports volley ball. Ended up with a flap of skin and a lot of blood. EEEKKK!” [UPDATE: Bill misremembered which game he was playing. The offending party game was actually Kinect Sports.] What was that Kinect tag line again? “You are the controller!” Microsoft, I believe the one of the next things Nintendo did was 4) encase the controller in a rubbery shell, for everyone’s safety. http://kotaku.com/305922/nintendo-giving-away-anti+slip-remote-jacket For the record, I’ve had Kinect for over a week and neither injured myself, anyone I played next to, nor my TV (unlike this person). https://kotaku.com/the-first-moron-to-break-his-tv-with-kinect-5682343