I gotta agree. They look like idiots. Might be fun for some party games, but they gotta balance what people look like while they're playing.

Plus, most gamers are much happier sitting on their butts and only moving their thumbs.

I see a huge possibility for a a much better "wiifit" type of game.

Or if they get this girl to demo it - http://videosift.com/video/Why-every-guy-should-buy-his-girlfriend-the-Wii-Fit - it will WIN!

Remember when the Wii came out, and everyone was shocked at how stupid the name was?

It's four years later, and no one even cares about the name. If it's fun, kids will play and it will be successful.

I'm conflicted between voting this video up or down.

Up is for the family who seemed to enjoy themselves while they got their kids to move and spend some time doing things as a family helping each other out.

Down for the title which is grossly misleading IMHO.

If you can't make a fool out of yourself then someone else will...
I mean if you are so self-concious of how you look when you play a game you need to sort out your priorities...

McLovin!

It won't fail (well define your definition of failure given the marketing spend MS will bring to bear) and it's something that gives the 360 a few new tricks. I never owned a Wii but I can see myself trying this out.

And no, you won't look good playing it. But you don't look terribly sophisticated flicking thumbsticks either.

Oh the other thing I wanted to say (damn my failing memory) is what kind of space will you need for this? For total funnage you're looking at a large, clear room. I'll be honest with you - I'm working on the beach house like the one out of Manhunter, but in the meantime I live in a series of very small interconnecting boxes laughably called a flat.

It is pretty easy to poo poo this stuff after a rather poor history of peripherals such as the Power Glove or worse the Sega Activator and Nintendo U-Force. The Sony EyeToy was a similar concept back in the day... hindsight is 20/20 and it will really come down to whether they make useful games for this. Alot of people bought the Wii just for Wii Sports alone initially and didnt give fuck all a care about anything else.

I think the coolest part though is they give each other a high five at the end and their on screen characters mimic the same. There will likely be some sort of lag that is inevitable from frame storing and the fact some TVs lag behind the input signal anyways.

They look like idiots, but from 0:50 on it appears to be tracking the dad and son's entire bodies fairly well?

Tech impressive. Game looks baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad