Get Kinected

At 12:01am today, Microsoft unleashed their latest peripheral for the Xbox 360:  Kinect.  You may have heard about Kinect from Ellen or Oprah already, but if not, it's the latest effort in motion gaming.  Of course it all started with the Wii a number of years ago from Nintendo.  Then, just a month or two ago Sony released Playstation Move for the Playstation 3, which is essentially a more precise, high definition version of what we've experienced on the Wii.

With Microsoft Kinect, they get rid of the controller and rely solely on motion capture.  You are the controller.  It also has voice command functionality  I'm not super impressed with it yet since there's no real "killer app" available.  Although, there have been good things said about Dance Central, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and Kinectimals.  Kotaku has a fantastic write-up that will give you everything you need to know before you decide to pick one of these up.

Here's today's Web Waster:

Black-Friday - Did you know that there are pre-Black Friday sales?!  Well, they're happening this weekend all over the place and this site has all the details.  Plus, they get their mitts on the real Black Friday ads well in advance, so you can prepare for the biggest shopping day of the year!