Now from home

I’ve managed to see the V’s pilot episode, the 2009 remake anyway. And there’s a scene where we see a panoramic view of the spaceship’s guts above New York. Instantly I recognized some buildings because they exist for real and in fact they are in my city, Valencia.

Take a look at the pictures. Next time I visit La Ciudad de Las Artes y Las Ciencias I’ll look at those buildings with suspicious eyes

Microsoft has demoed a new device for their new  XBox 360 that removes any need for controllers. This device is able to track all your body, it has built-in speech recognition and more. The demo video is just awesome. I especially like the kun-fu game. If it’s as accurate as it seems, it could be a real step forward how we play games.

I also think that even some hardcore gamers won’t like the device, this add-on will achieve its goal; which is no other that to attract all those people who don’t play games.

Since I started working from home I tried to avoid the temptation of purchasing a console. I know it’s a time-sucker. However, I keep adding reasons to finally go ahead. Let’s see…

• It will precipitate the acquisition of a new TV. We’re still using an old (10 years) and heavy 32” Sony TV. It still looks superb which is a problem because I have no excuse to change it.
• A console will provide high-definition content for the new TV.
• Finally we’ll be able to see our photographs in the living room and not to force our family to stand up in front of my computer
• I need some game training. I have an 8 month old baby who is growing fast. I don’t want to be beaten by my own son in a few years. (That’s the secret reason why I’m doing push-ups too)
• I’ve shown this Project Natal to my wife and she really liked it.

I’ll keep adding good reasons in the months to come… Let’s see if I have enough by December