Yep. I am not sure why Microsoft chose to change the name, but the program still looks pretty cool.

probably MS are upset that people are calling it Boooo-ku

is like saying anyone who ever made a FPS is copying wofenstein 3d ... or doom, or or or

There are a variety of icon-based visual code generators for a wide variety of uses and this seems no different...the tech has existed long before either console:

MVPL, AppWare, SCALA, OSVP, Demicron's WireFusion...
I've even run across much older versions, like AmigaVision*

This technology is not new, and also not new to games, just new to the current generation of consoles...No one copied from anyone.

I've not used Kodu (Read: CodeU?) so can't fully comment on it but it looks fairly intuitive for a full 3D environment.

Sparrow clearly had quite a bit of experience...I think the question must be how would someone starting this for the first time use it.

Seeing video's of someone whipping through preset or practiced routines is not a great example of how usable, fun, and capable this is.

I'll have to wait till I see a copy or beta to find out.

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* AmigaVision - I Couldn't believe the date on this one...WELL ahead of it's time! From a 1990 review: "This technique is called multimedia (the industry's latest buzzword)"
http://www.atarimagazines.c...

Jump to 36 seconds . . . This computer had full screen, full frame video on a stock 25Mhz Motorola 68000 CPU, and only 2mb of RAM.
(TWO MEGABYTES -NOT- GIGABYTES)

What the H3LL is wrong with our computers almost TWENTY years later???
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Perhaps you should fix your perspective, to somewhere outside of your rear-end. I stated that I wanted something intuitive, which is entirely realistic, and unbiased...If it really came down to it, The true innovator this console quarter would be Sony hands-down. I love my 360, and I'm tired of having to play originals because nothing new and worth getting comes out. This game is only a rehash, of a concept that Sony executed successfully first with LBP. Kudos to Microsoft's XNA, but shame on them for making you pay even more to actually use it. You should consider that not everyone is a fanboy/girl, and that some people actually have an opinion thats not based on justifying a purchase. I have a high level of ownership for all my gear, whether Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, or Toshiba. I am a gamer first and foremost, and I dont appreciate you trying to slander my character with such baseless comments, and needless stereotypic classifications.

I think you might be confusing upgrading with innovation, sony is not the true innovators. If anything I would actually say that the wii is. I mean think about it, BD is an upgrade from dvd, and what else is supposed to be innovative about their system? The six axis?

All so this game is aimed at children, I believe thats why they had a 12 year old girl demo it, but then again this is the internet I dont know who you are.

It's my opninion, it may differ from yours, but it is mine none the less. I would say that the Wii is innovative in that it took an existing technology, and made it cheaper and more consumer friendly, and therefore appeals to a different market demographic. The PS3 is full of innovation, but thats my opinion if I choose to believe that someone who was one of the first to push parallel processing/programming towards an inevitable coming of age in the consumer market, then thats my choice. I have played many games on many systems over the past two decades, and I would have to say that Sony pushes out innovative technology with every iteration. When Killzone 2 comes out, even if it flops financially, everyone(who has seen it in action) is admitting that it sets the new bar graphically, for what other games want to be when they grow up. I also choose to think that any hardware company that provides and online service, with components included for free, to the community is innovative, in this world of pay to play. Lets not forget that Sony also allowed Linux installation and use in the PS2(with a hard drive) and PS3 from the box, allowing greater community growth, with every SDK(regardless of gpu access). Also the first console to push HDMI 1.3 spec before TVs even supported it, just to ensure future profitablity with advancing tech. As well the first console manufacturer to allow the installation and use of non-proprietary hard drives of any size within the SATA 2.5" format. Yes I do choose to think with good reason that Sony is innovative. I respect Microsoft as a software giant, as well as a console manufacturer, but just about everything I've seen come out of their respective departments, seems to have the signature of another company, buried just under the surface. I am a gamer just like every other gamer here, regardless of my occupation as a soldier. As always, though thank you for your comment, and your time.

When did I ever say I was okay with anything, stop putting words in my mouth. I think you are mistaken, I am a gamer, and real fanboys show their true colors, by making a mountain out of a mole-hill when they feel their favorite console is being attacked...How about you maintain a level of maturity about this and take my comment for what it was, my opinion. I own a 360, so I do have a right to be here. I wasnt attacking, so there's no need to be defensive. I stated my opinion about a console that I own. That doesnt make me a fanboy, just a consumer with expectations.

i think you guys are just missing his point, which doesnt really say much for you guys. hes saying as an xbox360 owner hed like to see some more innovation from this, he doesn't want an LBP clone, none of us do. calling him a fanboy for expecting more from this concept as an xbox owner is just absurd. poeple are now being called fanboys for wanting to see something intuitive come to their OWN console, ridiculous. where the hell did he say that sony never copied anything, hes not talking about sony, hes talking about the xbox. stop being so damn sensitive.

First, I am not a fanboy, second, at least I can give my opinion without attacking someone personally, and calling them names. I mean name-calling, really? How old are you? How old are you acting? I brought up a simple opinion with a request, and you managed to utterly blow it out of proportion, call me names, stereotype me, and call me a liar. I think it's easy to see who is who here.