June 2010 archives
The last few days have been an absolute whirlwind...
Los Angeles, Good Times, XBox 360, Project Natal and most importantly Kinect.
After the initial preview of Project Natal back in Februrary, I marked my calendar for December and vowed to pre-order + MAYBE wait in line like everybody else.
Then, just over a month ago I had the best email I think I've ever received in my entire life...a trip to LA to attend the Project Natal announcement and launch (complete with Cirque De Soleil) extravaganza.
Holy shizzle - well obviously there's not a chance in hell that I'd miss an opportunity like this and for the last few weeks I've been wishing away the days like no tomorrow. Finally on Sunday 12th June 2010 - the time had come.
With a much hyped about Cirque De Soleil performance to officially kick things off, I wasn't really sure of what to expect.
The crowd outside the Gaelen Center was a mix of hardcore gamers, journos, Xbox devotees and sometime old school gamers like myself. Ryuuken!
On entering the theatre everyone was given white, shoulder padded tunics (umm religious cult anyone?) and asked to take their seats. The event itself was pretty damn spectacular…think Avatar meets Space Odyssey (yes us humans have truly been primitive with control pads and what not). I think the best part of it all was the open floor and interaction between the Cirque De Soleil crew and regular people. Hate to sound cornball - but it was definitely an interactive event - complete with dancers, fake elephants (I thought it was real for a second) and a little girl that walked on the ceiling (very poltergeist-esque).
End point? Xbox Kinect is truly amazing. No price announcement yet - but as an addition to my existing Xbox you can count me in for November 4th.
ATC MIA is officially 2 years old today...woah when did that happen?!
I guess time flies when you're having fun! It was Summer 2006, when I was first approached by Mark, Daailo and DT (founders of ATC MIA) to design their logo, business cards, promotional gear and print ad for Frank 151...obviously charmed by our blazin' design skills, the project quickly evolved into a full blown retail store design and later down the line e-commerce website (atcmia.com).
