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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:04PM Ridgecity said

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Even as a Nintendo fan, I'm happy Microsoft is making this.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:20PM (Unverified) said

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[banned]
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:50PM Edge of Blade said

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First, there is no Microsoft conspiracy, any more so than there is an Apple conspiracy.

Second... if an AIDS vaccine or test-tube chicken fingers is on there and we can agree that it's significant, it's not out yet either. Where does that leave us?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:13PM eat it said

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wait...this is just a robust eyetoy.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:15PM leemahi said

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i think the aids vaccine is more important than a 3d camera.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:32PM incendious said

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It should actually be the best 2009 acquisition of a company who invented the tech years before. ZCam has been around for a long time.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 5:15PM Brysonial the Bison said

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If microsoft pulls this off it could be revolutionary! oh wait.....
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 5:17PM Brysonial the Bison said

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If microsoft pulls this off it could be revolutionary! oh wait.......
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 6:23PM DeepFriedSushi said

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man if this thing is getting this much hype in 2009, i cant even imagine how 2010 is going to be when it actually releases, ms is definitely going to make a huge marketing push for this thing.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:04PM Babel said

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Seriously? Wow.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 4:22PM Deadpool said

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Yeah, I know!

I've had a teleporter since the 90s. Damn, I love this thing!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:05PM Banstyle said

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lol you guys used the image with the Ubisoft logo hidden inside Natal. :)
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 4:23PM Starcade said

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I thought the same thing when I saw the image. What does Ubisoft have to do wiith anything? But then I remembered there was an Natal/Ubisoft article some time ago. They must have just re-used that image.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 5:20PM usualyksint said

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Subliminal advertising - you won't manipulate my brain thoughts joystiq!!!!

must....buy.....splinter cell
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:05PM pika2000 said

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Really? A gaming device that is NOT even shipping yet is the best invention? So much for quality journalism.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:07PM (Unverified) said

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i agree. we don't even know how well this will be yet.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:09PM Haggard said

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Yeah, might have been better to see whether any games are going to integrate it well before this. Although I'm sure the waggle controls were getting the same treatment before the Wii came out.

Also, doesn't natal not work for black people? We've finally uncovered Time's secret white supremacist agenda!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:11PM Warlock said

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My thoughts exactly. How do they know? The thing isn't even out yet!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:12PM iamnotafish said

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HEY! this is the same magazine that awarded me man of year 2 years ago! show some respect!
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:15PM pika2000 said

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@iamnotafish: Yeah, the same magazine that awarded George W Bush as man of the year too, twice.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:20PM Unvrfd said

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"Also, doesn't natal not work for black people? We've finally uncovered Time's secret white supremacist agenda!"
You're talking about the EyeToy. Natal has a 3D camera, and is able to scan people in complete dark.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:19PM (Unverified) said

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BAM! there it is
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:23PM MystileArmor said

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Playing devils advocate here, but the AIDS vaccine hasn't proven itself yet either...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:26PM quiggy said

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@pika2000: Time's Person of the Year isn't necessarily for people who are doing good. Rather, it's the person who has influenced the world the most in the past year for better or for worse. Among the winners: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:31PM Gulpo said

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Um... you do realize half of the list are things that have been tested but not in general release or use right? You just can't buy it... it does exist, media were allowed to test it out at various events, and was invented in 2009. So thus it made it on the Best Inventions of 2009. How is that bad journalism?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:33PM Joeybeast said

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It's not like I can teleport right now either.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:34PM pika2000 said

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gulpo: Because there are plenty of other more important inventions out there, other than a gaming device. Besides, motion capture is nothing new. Really, this is simply MS using Time as a venue to advertise and hype up natal.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:37PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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Relax guys. Just because it's not to market yet doesn't mean it can't be included on the list. A lot of 'inventions' on that list are more ideas than actual products.

But I do agree it doesn't really belong on the list given what we don't know about it. They should have just added the Sega Activator instead.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:40PM Vcize said

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Pika, you put the emPHASis on the wrong sylLABLE.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:54PM Edge of Blade said

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Like I said above, the AIDS vaccine isn't out either. Are we doing to handicap Microsoft because... well... we just don't like them *pouty face*?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:14PM Duke said

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You guys are gonna really be feeling silly bitching about this if it turns out that Natal cures AIDS. Yeah, chances are slim, but hey, it's not out yet - there's still time to add features.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:16PM Mouthsmasher said

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Sounds like Obama winning the Nobel Prize.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 6:58PM Levi said

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dude, this. It's not only not out yet, but it's not even due to release this year! This is so stupid, but then again, the iPhone won a best invention, so...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:05PM (Unverified) said

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Its not even out... It might be the worst thing ever.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:07PM iSwarm said

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It isn't even out yet?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:32PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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Hopefully thats a rhetorical question.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:09PM Sho Minamimoto said

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So the natal beat a possible aids vaccine for invention of the year?? I got to say, I think the media is giving the natal a little too much hype.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:11PM WackyCoffee said

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"as ONE of 2009's best inventions"
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:09PM Hyams said

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Apart from a CGI concept video, a obviously-staged Milo presentation, and some poorly-done mini-games, what has the public seen of Natal so far to get everyone so excited?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:28PM Geist said

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Nothing. Nothing at all. Welcome to the world of hype.

Welcome to the world of video games.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:31PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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rumor has it pedophiles anxious to get a test run at their very own Milo stuffed the ballot box.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:59PM Vcize said

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I'm pretty sure TIME wrote this article, not the public. And TIME got to use the device themselves months ago.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:09PM Mr Khan said

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Microsoft is a master of hype. I mean, this was delivered as part of an overall excellent E3 presentation (but then all of theirs have been excellent that i can remember, except 2007s), and they managed to come away from E3 with more of the hype, even though Sony i think had an overall better lineup of games, and Nintendo had their true-motion control solution that was really real, and shipping in a few weeks

Point is, Microsoft plays this game well.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 5:01PM Digiboi said

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Jimmy Falon jumping around like an idiot wanting to hit balls - then putting on a bright orange vest (because it can't see dark colors) and jumping around like an idiot pretending to hit balls.

Fun for like 5 minutes then what are you left with. Its the Wii 2.0. In 2011, everyone will be using Natal as a punchline.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:11PM Ryudo said

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Yeah amazing how MS is 'making' this when it was shown off at CES 2008 before MS bought them.

Oh and all this how it will change everything and positive glowing sucking up,didn't we see that in 2006 and later came all the hatred.

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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:11PM Wiizer said

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"You move your hand, and the Master Chief (or whoever)..."

This pretty much sums up who we're dealing with here...
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:53PM (Unverified) said

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A large number of Halo fans don't like Natal...

Bungie has pretty well written it off, like Epic.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:11PM Martyrdom said

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I think the Nintendo DS XL is the best invention of 2009.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2009 3:31PM Dale P said

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I'm voting for the NIntendo DSi Lite XL Ultra Micro Mega Mini Ex Plus Alpha III Deluxe next year.
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