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  • I imagine this is true for most people, but I grew up with Sesame Street. If there’s

  • ever been a better show for young children, I’ve never seen it. There’s a certain

  • magic to its characters that has really proven timeless. I mean, I had Sesame Street games

  • on the NES, and today’s kids? They get fully interactive episodes on their Xbox.

  • Little brats.

  • So obviously, the thing to point out about Sesame Street TV is that...this really isn’t

  • a game at all. It’s a collection of actual episodes and skits from Sesame Street, with

  • lots and lots of interaction worked in. So rather than having kids watch the show from

  • the couch, they can get up and actually be a part of it.

  • And when it works, it works brilliantly. I mean, Sesame Street as a show is perfect for

  • this kind of interactive back-and-forth because...that’s how the show itself has always been structured.

  • The characters talk to the kids watching at home and ask them to count and answer questions,

  • only the Kinect makes that interaction real.

  • Or at least, it makes it real...when it works. And as with just about every Kinect game weve

  • ever played, there were definitely a few times when it didn’t work.

  • So yeah, occasionally, we yelled and it didn’t hear us, we threw and it didn’t see us...in

  • fact, a bigger problem was that I guess I was taller than a kid should be, because there

  • were a few times I had to play from my knees for the Kinect to recognize me.

  • For such a potentially magical device, there are times when it’s anything but.

  • But again, the game makes the best of it, and it does some really amazing things with

  • Kinect. It puts you in the game, right next to these characters. And listen...I freaked

  • out about it, and I’m almost 30 years old. Your kid will probably lose their mind.

  • The crazy thing about Sesame Street TV is that...it’s more than just the game itself.

  • It’s almost, like, Sesame Street in its entirety on your Xbox. There’s also this

  • app that gives you access to more content than you could possibly imaginefrom little

  • sub-episodes to subsequent seasons and actual clips spanning the entire run of the program.

  • I’m pretty hard on Kinect, but for something like this, the potential of the device really

  • shows. Honestly, it kind of boggles my mind. And makes me jealous of today’s children.

  • But hey, at least we had...Bonkers. Kids today will never know the wonders of a chewy, delicious

  • Bonker. They just have, what...talking to Elmo and playing catch with Grover?

  • Pfft. Whatever. It’s Kinect Sesame Street TV.

I imagine this is true for most people, but I grew up with Sesame Street. If there’s

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