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Microsoft family games bus rolls into town
Microsoft is wheeling into town to show off its family games in an effort to educate the public about safety (as in, “Watch what your kids have access to”) on Wednesday.
The “Family Gaming Bus” will be parked at the Capitol Complex 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. It’s a 20-city tour co-sponsored by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Best Buy. The tour bus will include eight Xbox 360 consoles and three laptops with Windows Vista. The tour seeks to educate parents on how to make sure their kids aren’t playing games where there’s guts-a-flyin’ or naughty body parts on display.
Windows Vista includes new parental controls for games. Unfortunately for hard-core gamers, some titles are running a little sluggish until new video drivers and software updates catch up to the operating system.
Sadly, I missed the “SingStar” event at the mall over the weekend, but I did play “SingStar Rocks!” at home. Sadly, I don’t sound anything like Elton John. Or Chris Martin. Or Mick Jagger. Must be a British thing. I was able to approximate Fred Schneider, but I was really faking the voice. The most embarrassing thing about this game is that it captures video/sound of you with the EyeToy camera, and you can see yourself perform after the song is over, minus the sing-along track. They should just call it, “SingStar Mortifies!”
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