While it's a cool and heartwarming story (huh... That's a paradox, isn't it?), I'm starting to get sick from all those 'Kinect this, Kinect that' news. What's next? Kinect can cure cancer?
Kinect Helps Father Play With Autistic Son
- Thread starter Greg Tito
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There's just some dust or something in my eye, I swear...
Great feel good story. I know it's already been said, but next time some stuffy jerk that got a tree fired up his or her ass so hard that it catapulted them back to the Victorian era bashes video games, we can show them this.
Great feel good story. I know it's already been said, but next time some stuffy jerk that got a tree fired up his or her ass so hard that it catapulted them back to the Victorian era bashes video games, we can show them this.
That's a really awesome story to hear. I think that schools could learn a lesson from this tale and begin to implement more interactive mediums to help reach out to all children in the classroom at an early age. What is great about this story is that also shows just how impacting a parent's role is in their child's life and development. Even in the face of obstructions and challenging odd, pursuing different means can turn hope into a reality and bring about a beautiful reward.
Unfortunately, though, it doesn't: While Kinect (and given testing, likely most motion or even touch based inputs) shows that it can touch lives by helping those with different learning and interacting needs, there is still the large majority of people who will be doing more than just elbowing one another in the face! In this accident/stupidity prone society, legions more will follow Elbow-Dad. And with alcohol inevitably being introduced to many innocent situations, I shudder to think of what shenanigans will follow...Imp Poster said:
That's great. This is the sort of thing that'll make any Grinch's heart grow three sizes.
Hat's off to Microsoft on this one.
Still have no interest in buy Kinect, however.
Hat's off to Microsoft on this one.
Still have no interest in buy Kinect, however.
Score one for Kinect.Vaccine said:
Take that haters.
Seriously, people keep hating on the whole idea of motion control gaming, but this whole situation proves that it is actually easier to use, and easier to get the hang of, than traditional controllers. If even an autistic child can use it flawlessly, then it must be doing something right, which is better than the Wii ever did (and for the record,, I do enjoy playing on the Wii, my mother has one and I love playing Wii Sports on it when I visit home...).
Hell, I'll do it. In fact, I am literally opening Twitter in another tab right now and posting this. Anyone who has Twitter, please, for the love of gaming, post this:Tipsy Giant said:
@bbcgoodnews Just a thought for the next series... http://tinyurl.com/2cq3hqn #KinectHelpsKids
Well, if this doesnt bring a warmth of happiness to your hearts, somethings wrong with you. I was more or less uncaring for motion-controllers, and even less so for Kinect, but this has altered my opinion, not by much, but it did alter it.
In the long-run, Kinect is going to be a commercial failure, that I am preety certain. Nevertheless, it is nice to see that the whole debacle has at least some positive results.
Kinect, if you were to be incarnated as a human entity, I'd give you a fist bump. That is a very sweet story right there.