The Time Xbox Made Your Body a Game Controller - The Kinect 

The Kinect is watching you. Star Wars Kinect highlights coming soon, we streamed it yesterday

I adore 2000s attempts at futuristic gaming and trying to abandon the classic controllers. By god they wanted this to work

I remember Kinect Sports had an instant replay feature where they'd show what you were doing at a certain point in the race/event, and once as a kid the replay it showed was me accidentally punching the ceiling and then crumpling to the floor holding my hand. Thanks, Microsoft.

the best part about the kinect is that regardless of it being a commercial failure, it is very often used in robotics and industry as a whole

Thank you Kinect for blessing us with: I'M SOLO, I'M HAN SOLO I'M HAN SOLO, I'M HAN SOLO SOLO

10:27 the opponent immediately rolling as the Dark Souls music comes on is so fitting

The really wild part is that a Kinect is still a stock system for a lot of machine vision applications in academia, I know a few people who've used them in projects. They're surprisingly acceptable now there's documentation on how to actually use them.

Ayo. Fourteenth. I remember this shit. Specifically, that weird semi adventure game where you were on boats and stuff trying to lean around to avoid obstacles

No joke, for the last 11 years, me and my sisters have been playing this game and the second one unironically

RT hitting his mic and the Kinect getting it on video had to be the absolute highlight lmao

RT is the only person I know that can break the controller while playing Kinect

Seriously unbelievable how well Chloe did at modifying the music to sound like it was actually in the arenas as the diegetic music rather than simply the video's backing track, bravo!

I had a kinect as a kid, fucking loved it. I loved kinect sports, the one where you get to have pet tiger cubs, one where you do like white water rafting and minigames, and dance central

The post-game highlight camera clips are unreasonably funny to me. Seeing Dan just stand there first frame and be in absolute agony second frame after hitting his hand is prime emote material lmao.

“Xbox, execute this man” is a new personal favorite RT quip

10:26 the dude did a dodge roll as soon as the dark souls music kicked on 😂

-playing tennis with a man who can change reality at his demand -dark souls boss music starts playing -*roll*

RT during movie night: "I really need to record actual human running" Also RT: 6:49

rtgame is the new mascot of every early 2000's console

RT playing Kinect reminds me of the time when the Xbox Kinect was first revealed back in E3 2009 under the title; Project Natal and remember 12 year old me being blown away at what it could do! But was sad that it didn’t turn out anything like that and I’m surprised Microsoft didn’t get sued because of it. Also, *happy 1000th public video on the channel!*

dark souls music starting and the ai *immediately* rolling can NOT be scripting 10:20 that was too funny

You know the Kinect was a masterpiece when it was having a harder job reading your movements than the EyeToy, which came out in 2003 and was somehow more functional.

I appreciate how they made the edited-in replacement music still sound diagetic

10:23 The Dark Souls soundtrack over low intensity table tennis is a surprisingly good mix.

This feels surreal to me bc I literally still play this game every so often. The table tennis was always my favourite. Dance Central is another one I adore - my friends kicked my butt at it just a few weeks ago

5:04 You joke about just throwing the ball, but there was a trend way back of dudes who legit bowled this way. They'd lob it into the air and it would come crashing down close to the pins. Some alleys put specific bans on it because it was screwing up the lanes.

the pokemon low hp music for the boxing was a great touch

I was super confused on the 2008 release date because I remember playing "kinect" with my friend in 4th grade (circa 2003-2004) until I looked it up and realized that my brain entirely rewrote the PlayStation EyeToy as a Kinect

I cant wait for all the kinect post-game clips to be added to the greenscreen catalogue

12:36 Something very menacing happened in that bathroom

...the nostalgy, I remember that when I was little I used to play this with my sister, while the whole family watched, everyone laughting and happy... Now we barely even talk with each other, I lock myself in my room doing really nothing, eh.... I guess its still nice to remnisce. Thank you Dan for helping me live this life I wish I never had, thank you for always making my day at least a little better.

10:20 The moment the dark souls music started playing the ai went and rolled, it MUST be sentient surely

Expert job on the music replacements!

6:04 My favourite bowling technique

forgot how good the slideshow at the end of each game always is

Kinect sports was a blast, anyone who didn't get a Wii but a Kinect instead knows the feeling of watching your gramma throw a bowling ball without breaking the tv while doing it.

Gosh does this bring back memories

I like how the system says that your experience will be better the further away you are from it. Technically true.

ah man, i really forgot just how nostalgic the music used in the Kinect games are. i only had a PS2 and a modded Xbox original until, like, 2013 when the family got a 360 with a kinect. i was so used to classics and weird shovelware gameboy ROMs that something so new was absolutely mind boggling to me, hearing the music i remember the smell of the resort we were at, how the sun was shining so bright yet it was still chilly, and even the taste of the gum i was chewing practically the whole time we were there. such good times. did you know you can throw the bowling ball into the crowd? i remember there being an achievement for it as well as breaking the floor, and on the javelin throw, you can throw it so damn hard it goes past every single landmark and impales a screen on the opposite end of the field. man, i actually want to play kinect now. Kinect Adventure was a great one too, i love the one with the balls bouncing off the back wall like a game of Breakout, i played the hell out of fruit ninja kinect (which actually has a VR edition now), and there was a game called Wreckateer that i played a helluva lot. i tweeted that there should be a VR version of it and the devs even liked my post i'll never forget the time i spent playing Halo 4 on legendary difficulty just so i could get the Praetorian or whatever helmet for my avatar so i could use it in the Kinect games, too. or was it a master chief helmet? or... was one of them for getting a back assassination on the praetorian? it's been so long... oh, and because the boxing segment reminded me, i remember one time my brother, dad and i were all playing it at his house shortly after the divorce and my younger brother literally pissed himself laughing in the middle of two-player boxing. kinda weird that that, of all things, is so ingrained in my memory

Fun fact: Sonic Free Riders was a Kinect continuation of the Riders series, where the Sonic characters had hoverboards and raced with them. It is notable for having some of the most well-designed courses on the series, some pretty fun items, incredible customization options, and a godawful control system that was made only bearable by the fact the motions required were just tilting your body and jumping

dan calling the opposition team "the enemy" is so fucking funny lol

I love that the Soul of Cinder music combined with the abysmal performance from the AI presents a Dark Souls where Dan is the boss

one of my favorite kinect games was where you stood on a platform of some sort that automatically moved forward and you had to dodge these obsticles that get in the way. I think it happened in a giant forest or something of the likes

There only one thing left to complete the kinnect cycle and truly compare to the wii. Seeing rt play just dance in a suit again

3:59 RT is like a Logitech controller... gets the job done right up until it doesn't 😂

9:37 time to add those punches a to a green screen movie 😆

The best use of the Kinect that I played with was in Skyrim. You got to command your followers, re-organize chests by different filters, and actually shout your shouts in game. Honestly pretty cool for 12 year old me in 2014.

Dance Central was pretty legit tbh. Kinect was actually really good for it, felt like a proper workout.

Now do just dance with the kinect :)

10:39 editor has good taste

I’m glad to know that RT’s body, was in fact, ready

The audio editing in this is just perfect. Every new song had me in stitches. Spectacular job Cloé!

This game was a part of my childhood. I had this instead of a Wii and Wii Sports so this game was my Wii Sports and I remember being pretty damn good at it. Especially the bowling. It honestly worked really well a lot of the time and was sometimes a bit of a workout depending on how long you played with family. The highlights at the end would always make us laugh. So if you have this at home still, maybe break it out for a family gathering 😂

kinect sports was great. but season 2 was AMAZING i hope he plays that one too, darts, golf, and tennis were amazing, skiing was great too

Dude this thing was my childhood and the reason my folks are into games haha.

Kinect sports 2 is such an upgrade i swear, that was my childhood

8:57 can't wait for someone to edit something in front of dan here

i forgot RTGame existed glad to find you again

I remember this my dog kept walking into the sensor and messing me up

Kinect games were my childhood and I was surprised to hear that nobody liked it on the internet. I get it now, after playing countless masterpieces that use regular controllers. Still, I will never forget those times when we with my elder sister were constantly getting angry while playing tennis against each other

I admire Dan’s insistence on playing whatever the hell he wants rather than chasing trends because it leads to gems like this where he digs out old games we vaguely remember as kids and get to relive and make fun of as adults now

Hi, rt! Just writing this comment to tell you that I absolutely love everything you do on this channel! You brighten up my days. I first saw your video in 2018, but my English wasn't good enough so I couldn't understand the half of what you said, but now I can enjoy your content in all its beauty and chaos. Thanks RT ❤ Oh and I'm also studying to become an English teacher now :)

Y’all, my day was pretty shitty, and you would not believe the mood boost I got from seeing a new RTgame video.

Reminder that Playstation did this first with the Eye Toy on PS2. Also hold up a second, 3:26 the game straight up starts playing Mario music.

I like how kinect wasnt even the first to do this. EyeToy for the ps2 was the same thing just years before it.

I still have one of those kinects along with that game in my cupboard from yrs ago. Strange seeing them in a video, lol

"how many people who owned this game played it a second time" i have sunk hours into this. i have beat every single champion. i hold every world record in Kinect sports 1 AND 2. i am unstoppable.

That audio editing is bomb, awesome job Cloé

KINECT WAS MY CHILDHOOD AND STILL IS I HAVE BOTH KINECT SPORTS AND KINECT ADVENTURE, ITS ONLY PLAYABLE ON XBOX360 BUT I STILL LOVE IT. But no seriously i love these games so much, we would play all the time cause we dont have a backyard, its just trees. I will say it’s always better with friends and if your tall it gets wonky but its still great. Also kinect adventure is the better one.

I really liked the irony that the kinnect has been the most successful hardware of its time for every field except gaming.

Man this brings back memories. Volleyball and table tennis were my absolute favorite. My siblings and i would always play the multiplayer mode and the post-game highlights were the most awaited part for us

I remember playing this game all the time it was so much fun. You should definitely make more Kinect videos because this was really funny.

8:30 The way the character lines up with RT's camera makes it look like he's wearing shorts.

the kinect was so revolutionary at the time as a paperweight, really groundbreaking stuff they made there

Man the Kinect was my childhood I honestly loved it So many nights spent with fam

Holy sheet. I had this and played this so much when i was younger. That intro music almost got me in tears

I still have and regularly play on my Xbox360 and honestly all these years I've spent playing have been the best. As long as you have a good area to play in, all the games are super fun lol

9:38 ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!

I always thought RT was just the Right Trigger not a whole controller

These games are a core memory for me so being able to watch content like this is truly a treasure! First Kevin's Kinectimals video, and now this?

God this take me back, all the rage trying to connect it. who cares that i literally have the kinect in my room rn.

10:26 YOOO NEW DARK SOULS GAMEPLAY

I remember playing a bunch of kinect games when I was younger. Its nice to see you playing this blast from the plast

I remember playing Dance Central and Just Dance games with friends on the Kinect and we always had a blast. It's so janky but I'll always remember the great times that arose for years

This shit was my childhood

RT turns into a human centipede for content

This has given me so much nostalgia. Thank you.

I played this ad the 2nd version multiple time actually lol. genuinely loved plaything these as a kid.

This was my childhood dan thank you for playing this.

Funny he grabbed a book for Kinect Ping Pong, I used an old paddle we had laying around

i love chloe's music choices. they really add to the experience

this is RT’s 1,000th video according to youtube. congrats on reaching that milestone! also the kinect truly was an accessory of all time. one of them.

this brings back so much memories and the slideshows at the end of each sport is peak LOL

18:18 That is a broken leg if I’ve ever seen one

I used to play lots of kinect sports with my friend back in the day. While playing golf i used to stand like a baseball player holding a bat, not a club.

I remember using this so much as a kid and I'm so happy it lives up to the nostalgia

I missed the Kinect so badly actually.

I remember playing a 2 player Sesame Street game with this thing with my dad when I was a little kid. we went through the whole game I loved it.

Dude it feels like you uploaded *yesterday* you've really been killing it!

Xbox 360 and Kinect were my childhood I was playing this game when I was 7, I remember playing Dance Central on it, I'm now 19. You just unlocked good memories