Technolgy - Motion Control

We live in the age of discovery, science and technolgy; which are constantly being improved; so fast that its almost impossiable to keep up.
Recently I have tried the 3 motion controls in the gaming world; the Wii, PS3 Motion and the Xbox360 Kinect and although they are full of problems they are a step in the right direction.

Nintendo Wii

A console solely based on getting the gamer to move around and encourages exercise whilst having fun and makes a brilliant family console. Although for me as a gamer its no where near as fun as Id hoped and I found myself being punched and punching my friends when we attempted to play it. In the end we decided to use the remote as a controller and played Super Smash Bros Brawl. During my time on the Wii; I realised no matter how many times we tried to recallobrate the motion sensor on the screen it wouldnt work. Playing Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles; I always found my aiming going off to the left from where I was actually aiming. This caused me to have to try over and over again and eventually I give up and tried that wii tennis but still my swings were never picked up well and Id always swing it short of the ball even if I was in the most perfect spot to return it.

All in all the Wii as a motion controlled console is acautally rather fun and the problems it has are over shadowed by the fun that can be had if you want an easy day.


 PS3 Motion

PS3 motion isnt that bad. I aint never been a Playstation fan but the Ps3 motion is well and if you try playing it with friends then prepare for a black eye and maybe burst nose as you try to use this motion control. To be perfectly honest those motion games are more funnier just using the controllers and less likely to result in injury. Not only that but it feels abit like playing the Nintendo Wii except you have a better choice of games, better graphics and shitter motion control. Well thats how I feel about it.


Xbox 360 Kinect

Human body as the controller; excellent idea but only in theory. I mean with all motion control you will look like a mad man swinging a control around but even worse just waving your arms around. For the time I played on it I was rather annoyed that it kept having to recheck where I was and recallobrate where I was and this was irritating. Not just that but if you attempt it on the old xboxs you cause them to red ring and only the new ones work with it well. Not just that but when you try and command it; for me it failed. Asked to play movie and it took me into Last FM... Yea sure Movies and Last FM sound similar.


Overall

So all in all with motion control; youll look like an idiot swinging your limbs about, youll come off with many injuries, probably lose friends and as you see in the adverts you need a room the size of a house garage or small night club in order to play them and yea sure all us gamers are rich enough to afford a massive gaming room.

Next post will include the over hyped MW3 game, the decline in decent media and orginality.

3D Migrane

Wow advancement in technolgy these days is amazing... Almost everything is in 3D to make it seem more realistic than the usual pixelated display but with everything going 3D isnt this bound to cause problems. Firstly I dont know bout anyone else but even sitting in a 3D screening in the cinema is bothersome. I cannot go more than 20 minutes without having to take of those annoying 3D specs and rubbing my eyes better and even after the showing I feel bit sick and I appear to lose quite abit of balance. I belief that this is due to the realism of the showing; how it feels like you can touch it by playing a illusion and ofcourse this in turn effects my actual grasp of reality, etc for a certain amount of time. To make matters worse its now apperently those hi-end tv's that everyone wants is in 3D... this just makes things worse. Yea sure some can say well if it makes you unwell, etc then find something else to do well this is hard to do when outside is freezing, wet or completely misreable and other in door hobbies isnt as entertaining. If I wanted a headache with watching TV Id sit close to it, with two magnifiying glasses or just glasses and watch it for hours... Infact it would take hours for that to acheive the same effect 3D has in 20 minutes (in my experiance).

Now that my rant went on big time; time to role out my biggest dissappointment which is the Nintendo 3Ds which allows the user to play portable games 3D without the use of 3D specs. Okay its a step in the right direction but its still housed with issues. I played it for 15 minutes and got one massive headache. Now its advised to only play it for 15-20 minutes at a time but Nintendo should have been aware addicting games keep gamers hooked for hours at a time. Dont get me wrong before the headache it was actually one of the funnest times I head playing an old favorite game of mine; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time which I easly get addicted to but it was stressful playing the game with a massive headache.

So all in all yea 3D is a big step but its a big step that has forced itself into different sorts of media dispite its issues. Dont get me wrong I dont mind it but there 3D in moderation and 3D in everything. Next time I post; I will talk about the next level in gaming and mainly focusing on the Kinect and PS3 Motion.

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