Microsoft’s Complete Diskinect

Written by Ashelia | June 15th, 2010 |

Add half a cup of surrealism, two dashes of Cirque du Soleil, and several hundred white ponchos together and the end result is the latest recipe for gaming disaster–the XBox 360′s Kinect.

After Sunday’s pre-E3 engagement party, Microsoft proved itself to be teetering out of touch rather than ensconced firmly on the edge of innovation. Unfortunately, instead of redeeming itself the following day by expanding on the Kinect’s capabilities, the company only dug itself in a deeper hole with a presentation that continuously fell short.

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