"Anyone else here remember the Sega Dreamcast? It had those commercials that always said It's Thinking...and in the end Sega blamed this slogan for possibly alienating the customer base and driving down sales, as in light of all the movies about the Rise of the machines, and the prolific use of drugs and already paranoid mindset of many heavy video game enthusiasts, perhaps they thought it really... was thinking. Well now Microsoft has this new XBOX ONE coming out, with it's Always On internet connection, and built in Kinnect Camera that can not be disabled, because Microsoft decided it is nescessary for the next generation of video game consoles to not only force you to be somehow physicly active, but to be able to phone home to sell you things and report your usage habits. So, what is this things slogan going to be... XBOX ONE - It's Watching You. Why don't they just call this thing the XBOX Voyeur? Do we really need a video game/entertainment console with a built in camera that is always on? How long until the NSA, IRS, and local Jehova's Witnesses figure out how to abuse this to keep tabs on you...you know, like a great, twisted, evil, political version of Santa Clause... they see you when you're sleeping, they see you when you're awake, they see you in the shower, they see you when you tear that tag off your mattress that says do not remove under penalty of law...
Am I honestly the only red blooded, over weight, couch bound member of the american video game generation that finds this all too creepy and unrealistic? I mean, who thought of putting a camera on a video game console in the first place? If I wanted to jump around and run, I wouldn't be sitting at home with a two liter of Mountain Dew, bowl full of nachos, playing super mario cart!"










