Singlecue translates motions into wireless commands that control TVs, cable boxes, smart home thermostats and more. Select items with the flick of a finger, turn on the device by closing and opening the palm, and mute the system by placing a finger to the lips, in a “shush” motion.
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Keep the universe safe for humanity with this week’s Geekaway–the Master Chief Xbox One Giveaway Contest.
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If you’ve ever wanted a scale model of yourself, now is your chance.
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I had some time with the new Osmo peripheral for the iPad that turns your table top into an interactive play space. I wasn’t expecting to be all that impressed, but it was actually pretty awesome.
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Kinect on Xbox 360 is a love it or hate it kind of affair. On Xbox One though Kinect Sports Rivals shows that the quibbles are gone, to leave a highly competitive and reliable way to play sports in the family.
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The XBox One was revealed Tuesday. It was a fairly disappointing announcement. Here are the low points and a few high points.
Continue ReadingWe visit Soho Studios to talk to the team behind perhaps the most pre-school friendly game ever: Kinect Sesame Street TV.
Continue ReadingJust Dance 4 is a great family dancing game, the Wii U version adds a new puppet master mode where you use the tablet controller to pick moves and poses for the dancers. A little worrying when the kids are …
Continue ReadingPlaying Fable: The Journey and talking to studio head Gary Carr I discovered that this is not only a more age appropriate version of Fable for families, but also a genuinely fresh look at the world of Albion. A strong …
Continue ReadingAn in home family video-review of Brave: The Video Game. We spent time with a family new to gaming to see what they made of the new Disney game with Kinect controls. By the end of the day even our …
Continue ReadingIf you are a space geek like me and tuned in to the latest NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) press conference, you probably weren’t expecting anything unusual either. Surprise!
Continue ReadingFGTV talked to Joel Seider about Harry Potter Kinect. Unlike previous Kinect Harry Potter games, this is built from the ground up for Kinect. In some ways it seems similar to Kinect Rush and Disneyland Adventures, although with more of …
Continue ReadingSome might say that Microsoft’s press conference was predictable, or lacked the excitement and surprises of previous years, but that is to miss the genius of its iterative approach to advancing the Xbox 360. What started as a game console …
Continue ReadingThe reception of a videogame is often as much about expectation as it is about the game itself. Many promises are made a broken between game conception and game launch. As Matt Blum’s post eloquently set out, Kinect Star Wars …
Continue ReadingKinect Star Wars has been in the works ever since the Kinect itself was originally announced, and it truly is a perfect showcase of all the Kinect can do. What it does well, it does really well — and some …
Continue ReadingKinect Star Wars has been in the works ever since the Kinect itself was originally announced, and it truly is a perfect showcase of all the Kinect can do. What it does well, it does really well — and some …
Continue ReadingThis week on Family Gamer TV we are comparing Kinect Rush with Disneyland Adventures. As you will see in the show, we discovered that if you put the effort into getting your room set up well for the Kinect controller …
Continue ReadingA new Kinect Sports 2 Basketball activity was unveiled today as part of Microsoft’s $1M sponsorship of the Right to Play charity. The sponsorship will provide funds and technology for the charity’s 2012 program. Right to Play is a worldwide …
Continue ReadingThe measure of a Kinect game is not how good it is at detecting your movements, or even how many times you have to recalibrate the controller. The real test is whether it creates enough living-room-theater so that these issues …
Continue ReadingKinect Star Wars takes another shot at that fabled recreation of light saber action in a videogame. While it may not have the one-to-one controls of Wii-Sports Resort’s glowing sword fights, it does have the official Star Wars license behind …
Continue ReadingLast week, Andy brought us news about the new Pixar game coming to the XBox, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. The new game brings some family favorites to the XBox in a game where you can participate in the worlds of The …
Continue ReadingGetting Kinect working perfectly in a real living room takes a little thinking about. Families I talk to often express initial frustration with the hands-free controller and feel like they must be doing something wrong. The first thing to say …
Continue ReadingKinect Rush ($49.99 on Amazon) is the next big game for the Xbox 360′s Kinect controller. We had some hands-on time with the game and spoke to Jay Ward from Pixar about the development. As well as finding out about …
Continue ReadingIf power corrupts, then it looks like Kinect Star Wars is going to twist a lot of young minds. Watch the hilarious trailer, and see if you can spot the actor who was once in another “Star” franchise (as well …
Continue ReadingConsole gaming has changed. In fact, one could make an easy case for flat out evolution. With gaming, gamers have evolved as well. Where once the stereotypical gamer was a fat pimple-faced kid in his mom’s basement, hands covered in …
Continue ReadingTeam members from Chaotic Moon Labs have devoted a chunk of their office hours recently to roaming the streets of Austin on a longboard. They are currently skating around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, likely turning heads …
Continue ReadingA friend of mine recently published her professional website after months of preparation. One of her premier posts shared 30 things she would like to do this year in honor of turning 30. It’s not a milestone birthday year for me, but the idea made sense. In an effort to set reasonable goals instead of unattainable […]
Continue ReadingCalling all family gamers. We need you to vote on the Family Gamer Awards to select the definitive Family Game in each age group, and the overall Family Game of the Year. Each vote you make enters you in a …
Continue ReadingIt’s easy to paper over the little niggles that arise when gaming as a family. The times you spend as long getting the Kinect controller to work as actually playing a game. The moments when the Wii refuses to read …
Continue ReadingTo celebrate the recent release of SpongeBob Surf & Skate Roadtrip, THQ is holding a fantastic contest here on GeekDad! Below you will find a teaser for the new game which is now available on Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. …
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