Author Topic: Kinect thread(Avatar Kinect out now) (Read 32411 times)

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #480 on:** January 09, 2011, 04:13:13 AM »

god damn it japan.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #481 on:** January 09, 2011, 05:05:23 AM »

@ the second video.

maxy · « **Reply #482 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:18:54 AM »

The Tech Behind Avatar Kinect

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
Sound is little crappy

Minecraft is next in line

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/10/kinect-hacks-build-a-monument-to-yourself-in-minecraft/

How it works
http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectInfo.htm

Yeti · « **Reply #483 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:03:41 AM »

Soul Calibur Kinect

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[youtube=560,345]hNAXVs8rydU[/youtube]

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Brehvolution · « **Reply #484 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:05:38 AM »

Best use I've seen yet!

maxy · « **Reply #485 on:** January 15, 2011, 05:08:53 AM »

EG has an article about Kinect "hacks"

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-kinect-hacks-article?page=1

Something just for Archie

Air Guitar prototype
http://vimeo.com/17669981

maxy · « **Reply #486 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:09:38 AM »

This is pretty cool

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

First Kinect app on Mac app store
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/kinect-3d-viewer/id409696421?mt=12

cool breeze · « **Reply #487 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:12:24 AM »

they should make a G Gundam game for kinect.

all this tech demo stuff people are doing on computers looks really cool. I hope the next (or after the next) wave of games do neat things too.

maxy · « **Reply #488 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:20:18 AM »

I'm looking forward to see indie dev games,cheap and crazy stuff...
Not sure what MS is waiting,Kinect stuff is now even on Mac store

magus · « **Reply #489 on:** January 16, 2011, 12:26:22 PM »

Quote from: maxy on January 16, 2011, 11:09:38 AM

This is pretty cool

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

First Kinect app on Mac app store
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/kinect-3d-viewer/id409696421?mt=12

wait... wait....
THAT'S IT! I GOT IT!
R.O.B REVIVAL AS WII2 LAUNCH TITLE!

maxy · « **Reply #490 on:** January 17, 2011, 09:36:26 AM »

[youtube=560,345]#![/youtube]

cool breeze · « **Reply #491 on:** January 17, 2011, 10:09:24 AM »

aka bob dole controls

maxy · « **Reply #492 on:** January 17, 2011, 11:21:52 AM »

i think that he is using z axis(pushing the hand forwards or backwards,slowly),check hand color change
There has to be some neutral position

or this is some well made trolling attempt

maxy · « **Reply #493 on:** January 25, 2011, 03:55:24 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

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Using a single Kinect camera and standard graphics chips, MIT researchers demonstrate the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video.

magus · « **Reply #494 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:15:28 AM »

ehy maxy did you see the kinect video i posted on random gaming talk? it combines kinect + wiimote + VR googles for making some weird japa FPS

maxy · « **Reply #495 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:19:51 AM »

Yes i did,nice stuff

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maybe one day someone will create a fps that japanese will like

pilonv1 · « **Reply #496 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:22:23 AM »

I am now Kinect enabled

$:-\$

pilonv1 · « **Reply #497 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:35:46 AM »

Dance Central, Adventures and Sports (gf loves bowling). They had a bundle with Motion Sports (

) and The Biggest Loser thrown in for free so I just took them to EB and traded them for real games.

maxy · « **Reply #498 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:53:16 AM »

from ssx thread
http://whois.domaintools.com/ssxkinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectssx.com

New stuff

http://whois.domaintools.com/simskinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/thesimskinect.com

E3 presentation is slowly filling up,lol

edit:Lips is there too

http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectlips.com

pilonv1 · « **Reply #499 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:56:28 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on January 31, 2011, 04:15:47 AM

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 31, 2011, 12:35:46 AM
Dance Central, Adventures and Sports (gf loves bowling). They had a bundle with Motion Sports ( ) and The Biggest Loser thrown in for free so I just took them to EB and traded them for real games.

The Biggest Loser demo is pretty tough if you don't do much working out to begin with. I'm sure Your Shape is the funner fitness game.

I run and go to the gym, I have no need for that shit.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #500 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:52:15 PM »

I'm sort of impressed by this POS. The Move may actually have some usage as a proper alternative control method for standard games, but this is certainly more engaging by itself so far, with device-specific games. Limiting, but the games I've played have been a ton of fun.

maxy · « **Reply #501 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:20:09 PM »

EA is playing with fight night kinect

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-01-ea-prototyping-fight-night-kinect

Ubisoft has huge Kinect plans

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Publisher Ubisoft has said that it is considering Kinect adaptations for all of the brands in its popular stable of IP.

The company has already enjoyed big success with Microsoft's Xbox 360 motion camera, claiming third party market leadership on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to launch titles such as Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Fighter's Uncaged and Motion Sports.

And while these three new IPs have enjoyed varying success, the publisher has plans to bring some of its more established brands to the platform.

“We will be bringing some of the industry’s most innovative offerings to Kinect soon,” says chief marketing and sales officer Geoffroy Sardin told MCV.

“I think we can propose Kinect versions of all the brands that we’ve got, but it is down to the production team. I can’t announce anything, but we will have something for everyone, that I can assure you.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/42818/Ubisoft-eyes-up-Kinect-IP-conversions

Imagine babies kinect coming...

Can't wait to play Ass Creed like this

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maxy · « **Reply #502 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:37:32 PM »

New Twisted Pixel game,"Gunstringer"

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The Gunstringer
What type of game is it?
It's a cross between a platformer and a shooter starring a skeleton cowboy that you puppeteer with your hands. There appears to be a lot of on-rails shooting sequences. The action on screen is supposed to be a puppet show, complete with an audience cheering you on.

What's the story?
Somebody did The Gunstringer wrong, and he's gonna make 'em pay. It's a Western revenge story inspired by "A Fistful of Dollars."

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1146934p1.html

awesome trailer

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

From dev blog

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As you may have already gathered, The Gunstringer is unlike any Kinect game you may have played previously. There are no minigames, forced gestures, or end of level photos of you in your underwear here. You can play it sitting down, which is great if you just want to play and relax rather than burn crazy calories. Most importantly, you can aim and move with precision not seen in any of the Kinect launch titles, and with a speed and feel that’s just not possible with a traditional controller.

magus · « **Reply #503 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:27:51 PM »

that's a pretty cool concept (actualy i wished for a puppet game on the wii since forever but wii..... $:-\$ ) but it also looks kinda shitty....

well i don't own a kinect so i don't know why the fuck i'm here judging thing

maxy · « **Reply #504 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:47:40 PM »

Even if you had Kinect,you probably wouldn't be able to play it
Arcade games are hard to get for free,they are tied to console(account)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #505 on:** February 02, 2011, 06:26:19 AM »

What's so good about Your Shape?

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Edit: Fight Night should already have Kinect functionality and the next EA Sports MMA title should have it too.

Pretty sure THQ is doing a UFC Training game for Kinect + Wii/Move

The Sceneman · « **Reply #506 on:** February 02, 2011, 06:44:02 AM »

YES KINECT PURCHASE VALIDATED

maxy · « **Reply #507 on:** February 02, 2011, 03:30:39 PM »

Swimming game

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

pilonv1 · « **Reply #508 on:** February 02, 2011, 06:21:41 PM »

that looks awesome

maxy · « **Reply #509 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:18:27 AM »

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Conduit 2 developer High Voltage Software is making a Kinect-enabled game for BioShock publisher 2K Games, Eurogamer can reveal.

Details are thin on the ground. It's a licensed game and it's Kinect enabled, which means it can be played by those who own Microsoft's motion-sensing add-on and those who don't.

What could it be?

High Voltage chief creative officer Eric Nofsinger was tight lipped when cornered by Eurogamer.

"It's not announced yet," he confirmed. "We're doing that with 2K. It's a licensed game. That's our bread and butter as a developer. That's how we've stayed in business for almost 18 years. We don't develop for just one hardware. We don't develop for just one genre of game. We don't develop with just one publisher. We've diversified all the way through."

An announcement is planned for "around GDC". The game will launch this year.

"This game works well with or without the Kinect," Nofsinger added. "It's supported as a device, so if you have the device it works very well, but I don't think it's this brilliant, genius idea.

"It works really well because it's a 360 game. I don't think it necessarily works really well because it's a Kinect game."

Kinect-controller hybrid games incoming

chronovore · « **Reply #510 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:15:40 PM »

Quote from: maxy on January 31, 2011, 08:53:16 AM

from ssx thread
http://whois.domaintools.com/ssxkinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectssx.com

New stuff

http://whois.domaintools.com/simskinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/thesimskinect.com

E3 presentation is slowly filling up,lol

edit:Lips is there too

http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectlips.com

Let me get my Lips: THREAT OR MENACE dig in here. I wish MS would strip this project from INiS. The ways INiS could screw up Kinect motions, well, it boggles my mind.

maxy · « **Reply #511 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:11:20 AM »

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Rovio, the developer behind the iPhone and Android game phenomenon Angry Birds, have unveiled via Twitter not only that Angry Birds will be heading to the Wii and 3DS later in the year, but that the upcoming Xbox 360 version of the game might well feature Kinect Support.

Confirmation that the game is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, as well as Sony's Playstation Network was given at last years Social Games Summit by Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka. Late last week, replying to a plea from a Twitter user asking for Kinect Support, Rovio replied that "You might just get what you ask for..."

maxy · « **Reply #512 on:** February 10, 2011, 05:01:10 AM »

Twisted pixel dev blog

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One great lesson we learned from our Kinect prototyping: because it’s reading in information about your body and not just a point, we can get the information of where your points are in real terms. “Your hand is stationary next to your hip” is incredibly more useful than “this dot of information isn’t moving”. Because your limbs have natural resting positions and extents, you also get the same benefits of Fitts’ Law that you’d get with a physical device like a thumbstick!

If you try to apply normal game mechanics that uses binary actions to this analog system though, you have the same waggle problems as using accelerometers. But, if you design your controls for true analog inputs instead, you can really make something new and inventive.

This is what we set out to do with The Gunstringer. Marionetting isn’t about binary actions like “move in this direction at x speed”, it’s about the analog feel of a puppet. Because of that, we ended up building a unique control system that uses your hand, wrist, arm and shoulder to determine how to move the Gunstringer through the environment.

Having that whole tree of skeletal information allows us to make really unique decisions. We know where your hand is relative to your shoulder and body, so you can move the Gunstringer anywhere along the screen just by moving your hand to that location instead of doing the “move left, move left, no move right, okay stop” shuffle that you’d have to do with an analog stick or D-Pad.

This isn’t limited to movement, either. Since we know how your entire arm from your hand to your shoulder is moving, we can accurately extrapolate what you’re aiming at with your hands, and place the reticle exactly where you’re pointing. It allows you to do either huge swipes with your hand, or smaller, more precise movements to target something specifically.

It also allows us to implement a real “fire” command using your arm without it conflicting with the hand movements you need to mark targets to kill. Our fire action involves literally firing your six shooter as if you just felt recoil in your arm. Because we can look at the full arm instead of just a point, we can tell the difference between the player firing a gun and the player just moving the reticle upwards.

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In layman’s terms: you get to pew pew enemies with your hands.

http://twistedpixelgames.com/wordpress/2011/02/09/designing-for-kinect/

chronovore · « **Reply #513 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:18:24 PM »

Quote from: maxy on February 10, 2011, 05:01:10 AM

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In layman’s terms: you get to pew pew enemies with your hands.

http://twistedpixelgames.com/wordpress/2011/02/09/designing-for-kinect/

This sounds like fun.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #514 on:** February 13, 2011, 08:22:05 PM »

Quote from: maxy on February 04, 2011, 06:18:27 AM

Kinect-controller hybrid games incoming

I think a hybrid set up would be perfect for Steel Battalion.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #515 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:49:43 PM »

Kinect adventures impressions:

It was 30 degrees Celsius and 90% humidity, after two games of hitting balls and one in the raft I was sweating and turned it off to have a shower.

maxy · « **Reply #516 on:** February 15, 2011, 08:23:22 AM »

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/street-once-a-monster,1657306.html

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BURBANK, Calif. - (Business Wire) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, an innovative, engaging and funny, new video game on Kinect™ for Xbox 360®. Being developed by award-winning Double Fine Productions, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster will be available in Fall 2011.

In a truly original interactive experience, young players join Cookie Monster, Elmo and other Sesame Street characters as they explore a living storybook titled Once Upon a Monster. In the book, they make new zany monster friends from the Once Upon a Monster world and share in their adventures, solving problems, forging friendships and learning key life skills along the way. Parents and children literally become part of the whimsical storybook adventure by getting active together through dancing, jumping, flying and more.

chronovore · « **Reply #517 on:** February 15, 2011, 10:37:56 AM »

I've got two kids and they have cousins. I'm almost certain to buy any Kinect-driven Muppet game.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #518 on:** February 15, 2011, 11:57:12 AM »

Yeah, that is a great use of Kinect, even if it's not targeted at us.

ManaByte · « **Reply #519 on:** February 15, 2011, 02:16:48 PM »

Oh god the GAF thread is pathetic. "How DARE DoubleFine waste resources on a game I won't play!"

pilonv1 · « **Reply #520 on:** February 15, 2011, 07:16:38 PM »

I like how people complain they'll never use Kinect anyway, and then still complain about games developed for it.

real talk: I would play a Yo Gabba Gabba Kinect game

chronovore · « **Reply #521 on:** February 16, 2011, 06:22:44 AM »

Quote from: maxy on February 15, 2011, 08:23:22 AM

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/street-once-a-monster,1657306.html

(Image removed from quote.)

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BURBANK, Calif. - (Business Wire) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, an innovative, engaging and funny, new video game on Kinect™ for Xbox 360®. Being developed by award-winning Double Fine Productions, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster will be available in Fall 2011.

In a truly original interactive experience, young players join Cookie Monster, Elmo and other Sesame Street characters as they explore a living storybook titled Once Upon a Monster. In the book, they make new zany monster friends from the Once Upon a Monster world and share in their adventures, solving problems, forging friendships and learning key life skills along the way. Parents and children literally become part of the whimsical storybook adventure by getting active together through dancing, jumping, flying and more.

Wait, Double Fine? Wow. That's kuh-razy. Warner Bros. Interactive ponied up for a major developer? And DF took on a licensed title?

What's next, a rain of frogs?

chronovore · « **Reply #522 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:58:17 AM »

I guess it's debatable. In terms of independent devs who don't publish their own work -and- have exclusively produced and held onto their own IP (except this, oddly), I'd say they're pretty big. I don't even know whom else to count in that category that has been in business as long.

maxy · « **Reply #523 on:** February 24, 2011, 05:23:40 AM »

Moscow Interactive Shopwindow with gesture controls

http://vimeo.com/19168462

maxy · « **Reply #524 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:27:41 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

youtube comment

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WTF, deflowering a girl with Kinect.

maxy · « **Reply #525 on:** February 27, 2011, 03:54:11 PM »

MS February event interviews

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/

Lots of nice info

Giant Bomb

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maxy · « **Reply #526 on:** March 10, 2011, 05:33:32 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

cool breeze · « **Reply #527 on:** March 16, 2011, 10:42:56 AM »

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-road-show-child-of-eden/17-3906/

ok, I'm gonna buy a Kinect

Raban · « **Reply #528 on:** March 16, 2011, 05:48:09 PM »

You can play it with a controller, you know.

maxy · « **Reply #529 on:** March 17, 2011, 05:34:13 AM »

It looks like Milo and Kate still lives and Lionhead is busy

GDC presentation

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SPEAKER/S: Ben Sugden (Lionhead Studios) and Michal Iwanicki (Lionhead Studios)
DAY / TIME / LOCATION: Friday 11:00-12:00 Room 3007, West Hall 3rd Fl.
TRACK / FORMAT: Programming / Lecture
DESCRIPTION: MILO AND KATE is an Xbox360 title in development at Lionhead Studios.

This presentation introduces an innovative pipeline where we moved from a conventional content-creation workflow to building and painting our world using mesh sculpting tools alone, working entirely in 3D, eliminating the need for artists to consider both texture budgets and UV parametrization.

We describe algorithms to handle these multi-billion polygon assets, discuss our virtual texture streaming system, together with how to deal with common implementation issues. We follow with a description of a novel real-time global illumination solution we have developed and a survey of alternative approaches.

TAKEAWAY: Attendees will learn a new approach to modeling environment assets, providing a more artist oriented workflow. They will gain ideas to solve common problems with virtual texture streaming, compression and processing of these extremely detailed models. They will benefit from our research into computing indirect illumination in real time.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: The talk is primarily targeted towards graphics, tools or engine programmers or technical artists. Some knowledge of existing graphics pipelines and lighting models may be beneficial but is not required. The talk is targeting intermediate to advanced level.

ELIGIBLE PASSES: Main Conference Pass, All Access Pass

BEN SUGDEN (LIONHEAD STUDIOS)
LEAD ENGINE PROGRAMMER
LIONHEAD STUDIOS

I have been working professionally in the games industry for 17 years. Currently I am the Lead Engine Programmer on Lionheads new IP Milo & Kate. Prior to current role, I was technical director on its spiritual predecessor: Project Dimitr' and worked on the graphics engine for Black & White 2 for the PC. This followed a lead programmer position at Warthog games on Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter on multiple platforms. Before this I was lead programmer at Videosystem working on F1 World Grand Prix for the Sega Dreamcast. This followed Project Lead / R&D Programmer at a games company specialising in PC Flight Simulators (GSI), after contract work in Holland on the Philips CDI. Before university I was an active member of Atari ST demo scene.

MICHAL IWANICKI (LIONHEAD STUDIOS)
SENIOR ENGINE PROGRAMMER
LIONHEAD STUDIOS
I started my professional career in 2003, in CD Project RED in Poland. I worked as a Graphics Programmer and later as Lead Engine Programmer on The Witcher. After finishing the game I became Lead Programmer on the technology that later became engine for the upcoming The Witcher 2. In 2009 I moved to Lionhead UK, and since then Ive been working in Milo & Kate engine team In 2009 on SIGGRAPH conference in New Orleans I was presenting a talk titled Normal mapping with low-frequency, precomputed visibility, prepared together with Peter-Pike Sloan.

http://miciwan.com/GDC2011/GDC2011_Mega_Meshes.pdf

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

naff · « **Reply #530 on:** March 19, 2011, 09:43:11 AM »

*old news* I just read this while reading the wiki...

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Kinect holds the Guinness World Record of being the "fastest selling consumer electronics device". It sold an average of 133,333 units per day with a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days

Jebus save us all

The Sceneman · « **Reply #531 on:** March 20, 2011, 10:45:11 PM »

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-7853-Twisted-Pixel-s-CEO--Michael-Wilford--Talks-The-Gunstringer--Kinect---The-Notorious-Capcom-Incident.html

great interview here with the Twisted Pixel CEO. Can't wait for Gunstringer!

choco parfait · « **Reply #532 on:** March 20, 2011, 10:47:24 PM »

Quote from: quietID on March 19, 2011, 09:43:11 AM

save us all

Save us all indeed.

Raban · « **Reply #533 on:** March 20, 2011, 11:06:14 PM »

It's peering into my soul.

maxy · « **Reply #534 on:** March 25, 2011, 07:35:13 AM »

Rise of Nightmares details

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Fortunately, the ESRB knows a lot more about Rise of Nightmares. They gave the game a "M" rating and a revealing description.

This is a horror-adventure game in which players assume the role of an American tourist who must rescue his wife from a deranged scientist. From a first-person perspective, players use brass knuckles, knives, hatchets, and chainsaws to kill zombie-like creatures and disfigured monsters inside a mansion environment. Combat is highlighted by exaggerated sprays of blood, and damage often results in dismemberment or decapitation—stray body parts sometimes litter the ground.

Some sequences and cutscenes depict more intense acts of violence: a man screams loudly as spikes impale his body; a restrained character’s hand is chopped off before he is killed; a character (cut in half) crawls away in a pool of blood; a soldier is ripped apart by a monster, causing blood to stain the screen. During the course of the game, some female creatures are depicted in revealing outfits (e.g., ‘pasties’ that partially cover their breasts); in one sequence, a woman sits on the central character’s chest and engages in suggestive dialogue (e.g., ‘Oh, how I’ve thought of this—night after night. How I’ve missed these lips.’). Dialogue also includes phrases such as ‘Best sex of my life.’/'Worst sex of my life,’ ‘f**k,’ and ‘sh*t.’

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/03/25/leaked-details-on-rise-of-nightmares-segas-kinect-horror-game/

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #535 on:** March 25, 2011, 07:43:03 AM »

Its almost like their hotd overkill approach!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #536 on:** March 25, 2011, 07:56:08 AM »

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in one sequence, a woman sits on the central character’s chest and engages in suggestive dialogue (e.g., ‘Oh, how I’ve thought of this—night after night. How I’ve missed these lips.’). Dialogue also includes phrases such as ‘Best sex of my life.’/'Worst sex of my life

I like where this is going.

Raban · « **Reply #537 on:** March 25, 2011, 09:25:56 AM »

Can't hate a game that includes phrases such as "Best/worst sex of my life", "fuck" and "shit".

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #538 on:** March 25, 2011, 09:44:23 AM »

magus · « **Reply #539 on:** March 26, 2011, 11:25:35 AM »

http://www.the-magicbox.com/1103/game110325a.shtml

i don't ever know why i ever stopped going to themagicbox,i mean i visit way more often sites where a mario patchwork count as news $:-\$

News:

Author Topic: Kinect thread(Avatar Kinect out now) (Read 32411 times)