Kinect Games Available Now

People seem to like the blogs I've written about my Kinect. I've already written about Dance Central and Kinect Sports plus lots of other Kinect games that I own. There's no question that Kinect games are better than regular video games in terms of exercise. Just getting up off the couch is better than sitting down. So in this blog, I though I'd make a list of all of the Kinect games whether I own them or not. Each item on the list is a link to a review of the game. Some of them are really good, but some of them get bad reviews. For instance, I was looking forward to getting Fighters Uncaged until I read the review. Be sure you do your homework before spending your money on a game. 


Complete List of Kinect Games as of March, 2011:

• Kinect Adventures
• Kinect Sports
• Dance Central
• Kinect Joy Ride
• Kinectimals
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved
• Yoostar 2
• The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout
• Body and Brain Connection
• Game Party: In Motion
• Zumba Fitness
• Dance Paradise
• Adrenalin Misfits
• Dance Master
• Fighters Uncaged
• Motion Sports
• Sonic Free Riders
• EA Sports Active 2
• Deca Sports Freedom
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Brunswick Pro Bowling

All reviews are from Metacritic.  This is a good resource because they average reviews from lots of different sources, so I think they're pretty reliable. I'd say any game that gets over a 50 on Metacritic is worth considering. 

Kinect Dance Central: Downloadable Songs

As I mentioned in one of my previous blogs, my family loves playing Dance Central on our Kinect. It's a really fun way to get exercise. In the past, we've been reluctant to do cardio because it's so boring. But this game has pretty much solved that problem for us. I've played it for hours at a time and before I knew it, I've burned hundreds of calories. 


We've played through all the songs multiple times, so now we've started downloading the new songs to add to the ones it came with. You use Microsoft Points to buy additional songs for the game. The new songs are about $3.00 each, but I figure we'd spend a lot more than that if we went to an arcade and played games for 30 minutes. And I know we'll get more than 30 minutes out of each song we download. Plus it's ours to keep forever, and if it works the same as the Rock Band games, then we'll be able to play them in Dance Central 2 as well. 


Since I don't follow music as closely as I used to, I don't always recognize the new songs by their names. I have to search the web looking for the song so I can see if I like it. I'm always wishing someone would make a list of all the downloadable songs with links so I don't have to go looking around for them. Well, since nobody else seems to have a list, I figured I'd make one for other people to use. So here is my list of Dance Central DLC as of March 2011:


Dance Central Downloadable Songs **

• "Because of You" by Ne-Yo
• "I Got You Dancing" by Lady Sovereign
• "Temperature" by Sean Paul
•  “I Gotta Feeling" by The Black-Eyed Peas
• “Word Up!" by Cameo
• “Whoomp There It Is" by Tag Team
• “Girls and Boys" by Blur
• “Disturbia" by Rihanna
• "Control" by Janet Jackson 
• “Heard ‘Em All" by Amerie
• “Le Freak" by Chic
• "We Run This" by Missy Elliott
• "Super Freak" by Rick James
• "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim   (added March 15)
• "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani   (added March 15)
• "Turnin' Me On" by Keri Hilson   (added March 15)
• "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul   (added March 15)

** I have no desire to violate any copyright laws. I know that Youtube removes any videos that violate copyright laws. Thus if a video is permitted to stay on Youtube, I assume it must be permissible. If anyone from Microsoft reads this and would prefer if I not post links to these videos, please let me know and I will remove the links. I am a simply a satisfied Kinect customer who wishes to help other Kinect customers find DLC they may enjoy.