"A wide-eyed Bengal Tiger cub cocks its head to the side and playfully peers at you. Here's how Microsoft describes the game in a news release: The tiger responded realistically, folding its ears back, closing its eyes, and moving contentedly." When the two were done playing, surrogate hands appeared on the beast as the girl gave her furry friends a rub down. "Fetch, jump rope, and playing dead were also among the critter's repertoire. "When she jumped, the tiger mimicked her, often to disgustingly cute results," he wrote. On, Tim Turi writes that some of the tiger's moves were "disgustingly cute." He continued: "The game is obviously adorable, but it looks to work pretty well! The interaction with the baby tiger seemed accurate and, most importantly, a lot of fun! I am actually looking forward to trying Kinectimals out on the show floor now! Thanks, cute little girl!" "That little girl completly sold me on it," he writes. But then the girl who giving the Kinectimals demo told her pet tiger, "I love you Skittles," and Concelmo writes that his "heart melted." Hopefully the other Kinectanimals have less disturbing faces."Ĭhad Concelmo, from the site, wrote that he was initially skeptical of the game. "That doesn't stop the weird cat-animal thing onscreen from being creepy as hell, though. The AI seems extremely reactive and the Kinect set-up works seamlessly as far as we can see," writes Robert Evans in a post on. "Technically, this game is incredibly impressive. The game has caused a bit of an uproar online, with some bloggers saying it's the start of a new era of kid interaction with video games and others saying the idea of a kid playing with a tiger, virtual or not, is just a little too strange. Video gaming 'history' to be made this week at E3 Microsoft Kinect, an add-on for the Xbox 360 that goes on sale on November 4, has a camera that watches their movements and a microphone to listen to their voices.
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Kids just wave their hands and talk to the TV to interact with these virtual pets. The game features 40 wild animals and 30 types of interactions, according to Microsoft. "Come here Skittles!" she called to her virtual friend. She threw sticks for the tiger to fetch and called it to the screen, where it licked the television and wagged its tail for her. Several of the titles were pretty generic: a dancing game, a race car game, an adventure game and a fitness game.Ī demo of this bizarre but cuddly game showed a little girl tickling and playing with "Skittles," a virtual tiger cub. (CNN) - Microsoft on Monday unveiled the first games for its remote-control-free video game system, Kinect for Xbox 360.