The personal linkpost and pop culture recorder of Tom Mannino, aka Evilzug: PhD in Internetology, Flash Hax0r extraordinaire, and self-proclaimed Master of the Internet. Also, cats.
I was somewhat skeptical of this device, until I saw this video. Sure, I saw a clip of a pretty fun demo of it on Jimmy Fallon, but I donno, didn’t seem that big of a deal, until you see how well it duplicates this crazy dudes movement. I know everyone is trying to outdo each other, but can you imagine if you combined the Wiimote and this thing? Throw in the Wii Fit balance board too? All things considered, for all the tech you’re using, it’d be VERY subtle, and you could probably get a HELL of a lot of control out of it.
Still, guys. Natal? I know you guys pronounce it ‘nah-TALL”, but I don’t. I pronounce it like that related-to-baby-stuff word. Perhaps this is their counter to the other really mature console name, the Wii.
I point this out because this is the firs time I’ve heard of a project on this site other then the first time I heard about the site. I love the concept: you post an idea, with a bit of a monetary threshold. Meaning, you would like this amount of money to be pledged, by a certain date, usually a month? If you reach that goal, the project gets created. Obviously it requires some savvy web-marketing, and I’m not sure of the specifics as far as holding people accountable for their bids, but again, brilliant idea. You can use it for any kind of project, big or small. I’m very interested in pursuing this for some of my game ideas!
This project in particular is worth noting because I think it’s a good example of one of the more quirky uses of the system. A book about sex!
Fourty Thousand Dollars… I can imagine a few hundred, but this seems a bit much. Then again, I’m sure the collector at that point was missing this and only this game, or something like that. I had heard of a prototype cartridge selling for astronomical amounts, which I can understand, being that there was only one.