Kinect is the ruler of parties now. Last night me and my friends threw a party and someone brought Kinect - awesome times ensued. This party was several months in the making - it was a Ring Dunk party, which I'll explain in just a second. But quite literally, one of my close friends went out and bought Kinect last night and brought it over. The one sure thing I can say about Kinect is that it's a beast at parties.

Pretty much the entire time the party was going on, two people were playing either Kinect Sports or Kinect Adventures (which granted, are pretty much somewhat cursed by being launch games... better games will probably come eventually) and simply kept switching out with people from all around the party. It was pretty awesome to see your character replicate your moves and be able to detect distances and re-calibrate itself to work with people of different sizes.

That said, I was far too intoxicated most of the party to really judge Kinect past that. :P So one of the most widely revered traditions at my university is to get a class ring (it's not just any class ring... its THE Aggie Ring) your senior year and then have a Ring Dunk. Basically, the tradition is that you have to drop your ring into a pitcher of beer, and proceed to chug the entire thing as fast as possible. Ideally, in a minute plus your class year. My goal was a minute and 11 seconds... to down a 60 oz pitcher.

I deviated a little bit from the tradition, opting for a more tolerable mix of lemonade and vodka. Nonetheless, it was a monumental task - I ended up drinking the entire thing in about a minute and 25 seconds. Past the ideal "magic" number but hey... I drank it all without stopping, or without getting sick!! The best part was feeling the rush about 5 minutes after I was done... whew!!

So yeah, now you understand why my Kinect playing was very... ahem, atypical. Just involved laughing at myself and my horrific reflexes. :P But I will say without a doubt, Kinect is fun. Whether or not it'll really live up to its potential of absolute greatness... we'll see.