# Got a Kinect.  Now what?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 8, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411 "2012-12-08T15:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/1 "2012-12-08T15:05:30Z")

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Using gestures to scroll through menus seems less convenient than using the controller. What games are there that actually exploit this thing in ways that improve the gaming experience?

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/2 "2012-12-08T17:00:52Z")

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Kinect Sports is quite cool, and Dance Central games are quite good. There are some good other ones like The Gunstringer. Some Kinect games are bad, and some are great, like regular games.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/3 "2012-12-08T22:33:40Z")

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Fruit Ninja is fun. So is Dance Central.

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**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/4 "2012-12-10T14:59:43Z")

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I gather Project Eden is quite transcendent with the Kinect. (I’ve only played it with a controller, which is fun, but not especially novel.)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/5 "2012-12-10T20:38:34Z")

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I think you mean Child of Eden.

Project Eden was a pretty terrible early PS2 shooter.

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**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-kinect-now-what/643411/6 "2012-12-10T20:50:48Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> I think you mean Child of Eden.
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> Project Eden was a pretty terrible early PS2 shooter.

Yes, yes I do, sorry. Mornings are fun. z.z