With Double Fine Happy Action Theater dropping onto Xbox Live yesterday, we thought we’d catch up with the brains behind the project, legendary game designer Tim Schafer. In this interview, Kinectronic’s Andie Gbinigie sits down to talk all things Kinect with the Double Fine supremo.
This week Classick(@ClassickMateria) from @CSPNMedia and CSPN.us joins Tiny(@Tiny415), Mike(@AssaultSuit) and Aaron(@Ind1fference) talk about: RetroCon, Dinco D, CSPN, Cold Slither Podcast comic books, Monster Hunter International, NESpi, Retroflag, Robert Guillaume, Eli Vance, Benson, Fats Domino, Be Kind Rewind, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Sega Dreamcast, Propeller Arena, Crimson Skies, Call of Duty, Kinect, The Gunstringer, Hulk Hogan’s Main Event, Child of Eden, Happy Action Theater, Rapala Fishing Game, Michael Phelp’s Swimming, Blackwater, Fantasia, Star Wars Kinect, Kinect Sports, Carnival Games, FRU, Commander Cherry, D4 Dark Dreams Don’t Die, Star Wars Battlefront II open beta, Burnout Paradise, Evolve, Lego Marvel’s Avengers, Shadow of Mordor, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Tomb Raider, Justice League, South Park: Fractured But Whole, Mass Effect: Andromeda, PUBG, NHL 94 Sega CD, Time Gal, Goldeneye Wii, The Flash, The Mummy Demastered, Mystik Belle, A Hat In Time, Wulverblade, Earth Atlantis, Morita Shougi, Sin and Punishment, Super Hydorah and more.
1up.com: For some folks Double Fine Happy Action Theatre (DFHAT) -- a Kinect experience that uses camera and motion controls to produce unusually wacky on-screen results -- doesn't immediately register as a contender for 1UP's Favorite of 2012 list, but let me assure you it's an interesting and capable entry; a game that challenges the definition of a video game.
Rory Young writes:
"So your skeptical friends are coming over for a night of gaming, and you have your shiny new Kinect plugged in to your Xbox 360. You’ve moved your couch around, and your coffee table, in order to get the optimal experience. So which games do you get? Look no further than this article! In no particular order…"
Tim Schafer is an awesome dev, its great to see him and Double Fine in so much Giantbombs videos. I once was watching somthing live and Brad Muir of Double Fine came to visit them.