[video] Amateur hour at PAX East 2012: From Rock Band to Dance Central
Who says you need to be a
professional dancer or musician to feel like a star, or even better, perform in
front of hundreds of people? The power of illusion may be the greatest
invention yet for the gaming industry. At PAX East, the Xbox Kinect stations
gave thousands of attendees a taste of virtual reality, including this power
duo rocking out to Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP's "We No Speak Americano" on
Dance Central 2. Don't hurt yourselves, guys!
Maybe it wasn't the cleanest shufflin' I've seen
on stage, but the demo was a good example of how Dance Central 2 can be a
pure-fun party game. Developer Harmonix Music Systems is a mid-size company
based in Cambridge,
and they've always been able to make addictive rhythm games via smart music
licensing deals and effective presentation.
And it says a lot about Kinect's success that
both the Nintendo Wii and the Playstation Move, its direct competitors in the
motion sensing gaming industry, were absent at PAX East's show floor. So, who
knows, maybe the whole Wiimote wagging craze is over?
Below, PAX attendees "perform" on Harmonix's Rock
Band.
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