Our older son had wanted an XBox for a long time, but I was loath to add yet another gaming console to our Gamecube and Wii. With the release of the Kinect controller, however, I could no longer resist as I badly wanted it myself! So over the holidays we got one and it is as amazing as everyone says. As in the early days of the Wii, it is some of the simplest games that provide the greatest satisfaction, such as the Kinect Adventures game that shipped with the XBox-Kinect bundle. Watching the...

Our older son had wanted an XBox for a long time, but I was loath to add yet another gaming console to our Gamecube and Wii. With the release of the Kinect controller, however, I could no longer resist as I badly wanted it myself! So over the holidays we got one and it is as amazing as everyone says. As in the early days of the Wii, it is some of the simplest games that provide the greatest satisfaction, such as the Kinect Adventures game that shipped with the XBox-Kinect bundle. Watching the...