Firstly I would like to officially announce that I am on holidays, my exams are finally over! :D So far I haven't done anything productive yet but I have just been relaxing and celebrating my first year of university. So far I have completed Marble Blast Ultra 100%. I am the first on my friends list to do that and I only did it all in a few days. :) For those who have never heard of the game, I would highly recommend it. Also I technically haven't completed it 100% but the rest of the achievements are multiplayer orientated, which I don't count. :P I also completed Earthworm Jim HD on original difficulty, which wasn't too hard despite it actually being the hardest difficulty in the game. Finally I have been making my way through Read Dead Redemption, which I have been finding a bit lacking. Hopefully it does pick up though. :) Maybe I haven't completely wasted my time after all. :P

Also I went out and bought Kinect today. Initially I was going to pass on it, but my sister suggested it for a christmas gift we could go halves on so I thought why not? The second reason was because of the Star Wars game footage that they showed at E3. For some reason, that is the only good memory I have of the MS conference and has left a great impact on me. Who wouldn't want to virtually use a lightsaber? Anyway, Kinect is an amazing piece of technology. I am quite impressed. I am not just saying this because I am new to the motion gaming scene. I have been following it from way back into the eye toy ages. Kinect has actually done a very good job at sensing your movements and surpasses what the eye toy, PS Eye and 360 Cam (forgot the name of the 360 cam :oops: ) had to offer. Only problem is that there aren't any games for it yet. I have Dance Central and Kinect Adventures at the moment and from what I have played, they are decent games. But they aren't games I would take seriously.

Overall, Kinect is great, but I still stand strongly when I say that I would hate if motion controls took over gaming completely. Kinect is advanced, but it isn't perfect nor is motion gaming in general. Normal controllers offer a more stronger sense of control and perfection that motion controllers just don't have. It is true that it can be more engaging and realistic when motion control is utilised, but whether you like it or not, it is just a gimmick.