Xbox 360 Kinect
Kinect is many things. It's an advanced motion sensor, a revolutionary add-on, and Microsoft's best hope of socking it to Sony and Nintendo. Most of all, however, it's a reinvention. The clues were already there in last week's autumn dashboard update with its cheerful, family-friendly quick start guide, but what strikes you most about Kinect is that it's an all-out attempt to transform the Xbox 360from a hardcore gamer's console into what's effectively the logical next step forward from the Wii. If you don't look at Kinect in this spirit - if you're going to get antsy about response times, accuracy or how in hell you're going to play an FPS on the thing, then you're missing the point. Kinect wasn't made for you.
