Kinect Helps Father Play With Autistic Son
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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.
2 things I'm happy about:
1: This story: Let's see this on the nightly news. This is a touching story and has all the makings of the "lighter side of the news" type things they do from time to time save for one thing: it involves video games
2: The lack of bullheaded jerk posts in this thread. I thought Kinect is evil to most people here no matter what, but I'm astonished. Makes me want to hug someone. Way to go, Escapist.
1: This story: Let's see this on the nightly news. This is a touching story and has all the makings of the "lighter side of the news" type things they do from time to time save for one thing: it involves video games
2: The lack of bullheaded jerk posts in this thread. I thought Kinect is evil to most people here no matter what, but I'm astonished. Makes me want to hug someone. Way to go, Escapist.
It would be bad PR to bash this story, don't worry, they'll be back to bashing with the next news article.DustyDrB said:
OT: This is great, a nice little moment for a father and son. Kinect really should be re branded to something else with gaming on the side. Because results like this are heart warming, but it feels like Kinect won't really add much to the gaming world and could be potentially awesome elsewhere.
Holy shit... did Microsoft actually did something right!??
Heh, I want to try Kinect, my sister has special needs too, she's not autist or something that severe, but she has problmes with her right side of her brain and has some troubles when trying to speak and order her thoughts correctly.
The Wii we got in our home is hers by right. She wanted it and we bought it for her. Though we were a tad bit dissapointed that she prefered to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Tatsunoko vs Capcom instead of Wii Sports or anything wich requires the strict use of the Wiimote (she's a fighting and racing nut and she almost always beats me).
Kinect seems interesting enough to try it with her, just to see if she actually wants to play some of these games without the need of any controller at all.
Heh, I want to try Kinect, my sister has special needs too, she's not autist or something that severe, but she has problmes with her right side of her brain and has some troubles when trying to speak and order her thoughts correctly.
The Wii we got in our home is hers by right. She wanted it and we bought it for her. Though we were a tad bit dissapointed that she prefered to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Tatsunoko vs Capcom instead of Wii Sports or anything wich requires the strict use of the Wiimote (she's a fighting and racing nut and she almost always beats me).
Kinect seems interesting enough to try it with her, just to see if she actually wants to play some of these games without the need of any controller at all.