XBOX Kinect

It’s going to be an even longer wait on Junkroom: Part 2 – I got an XBOX Kinect this weekend!

Woooooo! Kinect!

I’d been thinking about getting one and happened to learn that a former classmate was looking to get rid of the one he’d just bought a week ago and used for one night. How awesome did that work out? Thanks, B-dawg (ok, probably no one calls him that)! Like new without the new price and sales tax, and he even delivered it to me.

I even used a Best Buy gift card from last Christmas on the first game I bought for it, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. The primary reason I wanted a Kinect was to play this game to get in shape – I’d rather lose interest in a discount Kinect and gift card purchased fitness game than a $500 gym membership. Right? Right.

I set the Kinect up in a few minutes yesterday and played the Adventures! game that came with it and a demo for Dance Central. Surprisingly, I really liked Dance Central. I also tried out the fitness game I bought and I was really impressed. I can report today that I’m sore and all I did was the fitness test and half a workout routine. Have you got a Kinect? Do you like it?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by . This entry was posted in General, Technology. Bookmark the permalink.
  • http://mandyish.myopenid.com/ Mandy

    I haven’t tried the Kinect, but I have got a few fitness apps on my iPhone.. I really like the new Nike Training app… great personal training features and it’s free! I go to classes at our hospital in the ‘gould and it’s pretty cheap, but when I can’t I like the training app..

    • http://www.heyletsrock.com Khara Cavaness

      Nice, I’ll have to check out the app. I think you’d like the Kinect,
      and I’m sure they will keep updating it at a steady rate. I don’t have
      enough coordination to take an in-person class. LOL You know how some
      girls look cute when the are trying to figure out how to do something
      new…like bowling or a step class…I look like a wounded giraffe.

  • http://www.christyherself.com Christy

    I really want one. Maybe with tax refund.

    • http://www.heyletsrock.com Khara Cavaness

      Christy, I think you and the kids would like it. I think the cowo crew
      playing Kinect would be hilarious too!

  • sonny

    I’m a first time x box user and I am having a hard time finding the 30 minute fitness test (page 7 of the manuel)for the I’m a first time x box user and I am having a hard time finding the 30 minute fitness test (page 7 of the manuel)for the Biggest Loser Game. I got the game set up but can’t find the test anywhere. I must have done something wrong cuz I already did the body analyzer which is supposed to be the last step. Help!Thanks

    • http://www.heyletsrock.com Khara Cavaness

      Sorry, but this post is about the Your Shape Fitness Evolved Game, not the Biggest Loser Game. I am sure you can find the information you are seeking on perhaps the xbox site or if the game has a facebook fan page like Your Shape Fitness Evolved you might try asking your question there. Best of luck.