Video Game Minisode :: No Heroes Allowed! & Microsoft Kinect

Posted by NerdyShow on November 25, 2010

Though there’s a million kerjillion games that have come out over the last month, it’s not a game that most people are talking about, but hardware: Microsoft’s Kinect. What is it? Where does it come from? When it sleeps, does it dream?

We discuss what the Kinect mean for video games, whether or not it’s just a fancy novelty act -and Jon gives us the sci-tech breakdown of just what this hardware is capable of and what it might mean for the future.  Here’s a preview: the film Minority Report gets thrown around a lot.

Also in this episode Jonna gives us the scoop on a cool game that you may have missed: a PSP strategy dungeon game by the same people who made Disgaea – No Heroes Allowed! If you’ve got a place in your heart for future science or sprite-based monsters, check this out:

Game Review Minisode - No Heroes Allowed and Microsoft Kinect [ 41:17 | 37.94 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tracks:

1. Red Sphere, Blue Sphere :: chthonic
2. Camrade :: Diggi Dis

Nerdy Show’s E3 Videos:

• Kinecting with Dance Central & Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
• Hands on with Fable 3 at E3
• All of our E3 video coverage
  

Links:

• Marvel at the 90s proto-Kinect glory of Nick Arcade
• Adafruit Industries
• Turning the Wii into a Kinect-like AR device