Call of Duty: Black Ops, a Record Breaker

Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops launched on November 9th, 2010. It has set a new record for the most copies of a video game sold in the first 24 hours after a game launch, with 5.6 million copies sold. That's-That's incredible. The previous record was from last year  which was another Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, selling 4.7 million copies in 24 hours. That's a lot of Duty! But enough with the potty jokes, on to some more serious business.

For all of you out there who has a Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and Nintendo DS I would recommend this game to you (if you aren't 17 or older ask for your parents' permission to pick up a copy of this game.) I have played my fair share of this game so you know the recommendation is coming from a reliable source. When you play the game you have a sense of actually being  smack-dab the middle of all the action. And believe me, there is a lot of action. So much action that I find myself playing the game for an hour longer than I first intended to.

Speaking from the technological point of view, I find it to be very cool that people from all over the world can communicate with each other via the internet while playing Call of Duty. I've had a lot of fun playing this game, and staying in touch with friends from out of state over the Xbox Live chat feature. Get your Duty on!

Connect to Kinect

Kinect for the Xbox 360 was launched November 4th in North America. Kinect is a motion sensing technology that doesn't require any type of controller for it's games. That's because you are the controller. Kinect has solved the problem of throwing your controllers into your expensive flat screen TV! Your body motions are picked up by the Kinect's camera and it does the action you tell it to do. That would seem pretty cool, wouldn't it? I think it's awesome! What a big leap up from the Wii or the PlayStation Move!

The Kinect:


Some games the Kinect has are Kinectimals, where you can interact with tigers and lions. Also, there is a game called Kinect Adventures which has 20 mini games. Some of which include, rafting and an obstacle course. Sounds like fun to me! For $150 the Kinect can be yours. $50 less than the Wii, might I add.

The Kinect does have a small problem though. If the room that you are playing your Kinect in isn't well lit, it will be difficult for the Kinect to recognize facial features. This problem can be easily solved. Play your Kinect in a very well lit room.

Despite this tiny flaw, the Kinect seems like it's a lot of fun. If you don't already have a Wii or a PlayStation Move, I would suggest connecting to Kinect.