DieHardGameFan: While the Kinect has had something of a rocky time, between developers that have lofty but awkward ideas about what to do with the hardware coupled with developers who are just dumping “flailing simulators” out onto the hardware, dancing games generally seem to be a surefire prospect. The Dance Central franchise, in specific, is largely considered one of the best franchises available on the Kinect, and with good reason: Harmonix has brought the concept of Dance Dance Revolution into a full body experience in a way that’s immediately accessible and lots of fun.
With Xbox 360 and a Kinect peripheral now cheap as chips, I finally got down with my funky self with Dance Central.
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In this exclusive interview, second grade teacher Carrie Swidecki explains why she attempted to set the world record for playing Just Dance 4 in hopes of showing how playing such video games as Just Dance, Dance Central, and Dance Dance Revolution can be good exercise.