Happy Action Theater LSD DANCE PARTY PREVIEW

Wanna see more? Max got to see 3 more activity rooms. Check it out here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSLmwac3AQ

Double Fine gives a preview of their insane new Kinect party... thing. Just don't call it a game.

Max Scoville and Veronica Belmont are also here!

Double Fine Happy Action Theater will be available on XBLA on Feb 1st for 800 Microsoft Points.

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[newchallenger]

@WicketL Psychonauts is one of my favorite games of all time.

[aamesxdavid]

I'm sorry, but saying that this isn't a game is bullshit. Just because it doesn't have a fail state? How about we just not have such a narrow definition of what a "game" can be? Let's drop the unnecessary assumptions of how games work. It would be better for games because developers could have a greater variety of options for gameplay, and people like this don't have to sound like pretentious gits by saying "this is an interactive digital experience".

/soapbox

ps.thislooksfun,sorryfortheran­t

[newchallenger]

@aamesxdavid Well, there's also no "win" state, no score, no competitive element, etc. etc. so I see where they're coming from on that. I think they just don't want people going in with expectations that Happy Action Theater isn't going to fulfill.

[aamesxdavid]

@newchallenger No, I get that, but I think that straying from the term "game" only reinforces those unnecessary expectations, and hurts the cause of games becoming more diverse. Minecraft lacks all of the "game" aspects you mentioned (except maybe death?), and it's pretty widely accepted as a game. Sure, at some point we'll really blur the lines for what a "game" is, but to make it a black-and-white issue by saying "this isn't a game" isn't doing the perception of games any favours.

[newchallenger]

@aamesxdavid I totally get that; I also understand where they're coming from in terms of marketing… YOU GUYS ARE TEARING ME APART.

[newchallenger]

@rhioe1710 As soon as they're both available.

[Navineous1]

This guy finally understands what a Kinect can do. It's not a fucking eyetoy.

[newchallenger]

@SportsShowTV STOP SAYING THE G-WORD! THEY HAVE SPIES EVERYWHERE.

[cyde79]

This is pretty cool. I'd love if actually were on drugs for this episode or future review of any game.

[WingedDrant]

I say fair enough in not calling it a game, if I were to explain it to someone I'd call it a "toy", in the same way playing with a ball using a robot via controller and a screen is still playing with a ball, not a video game.

But then, I'd call some of these more "videogamey" than others... crap, this is kind of a grey area.

[DIVISION216]

lol at the terminator 2 reference

[utaelilya]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[Dustrick]

I love that Veronica makes a lot of Simpsons references!!!

[JNGonzalez09]

@maxscoville Thanks, lol.

[SoraThe1WingedAngel]

Acid? Sign me up.

[maxscoville]

@JNGonzalez09 "Whoa, I'm in a K-hole." It's a thing that happens when you take a lot of ketamine. Google it. Also, don't do drugs.

[ilv244]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[greob]

This is actually the first software that makes me consider buying a kinect... o_o