SONY EYETOY: More than meets the eye

Yesterday I was around excelsior to look for this shop called robo robo by Desmond. I was hoping to find some goodies over there but by the time i reached there at 8:15pm, they were already closed :(

I took the opportunity to roam around Funan Mall to look for some good'old PS2 title and i came across this gadget.

The EYETOY is a peripheral device to be connected to the PS2 and it acts as a camera. Some may wonder what does connecting a camera do any good to a console when you use the controller to play. Well in this case you don't, since you become the controller~!!

What happens is the camera captures your image on the TV and the sensor on the camera detects your motion and carrys out the action. It's kinda of Nintendo Wii w/o the controller at your hands.

As you can see from the back of the game(apologies for the reflection due to the flash), it contains up to 12 games and 75 bonus games. If this were to be bought 5 years ago, it would probably be around USD80 to USD100. I got this for SGD39.99, what a steal~!!

It comes with the camera and the game title.

A closer look at the camera, roughly the size of my palm.

Runs on USB port. I heard it goes with game title such as singstar w/ mic. I have pre-ordered it online and hope it should arrive by next week. ^_^

On the left is the light sensor. It will blink red when the light in the room is insufficient. On the right is the motion sensor. The camera in the centre even comes with a manual zoom if your image is blurry. Cool~ @_@

A closer image at some of the games included.

Gaming afterthought:

i considered this as a cheaper alternative to Ninetendo Wii. You can to become a rockstar by strumming guitar or playing the drum, a chef that runs a fast-food restaurant and even a goalie to save penalties! It can be pretty silly to do all those actions alone in front of the TV and can be really tiring after swinging your arms like a mad monkey. So why not invite few friends or family members (up to 4 players) to join in the silliness and it'll definitely be great fun to laugh at one another. It can function as a form of workout regime if you have game titles like EYETOY Kinetic that is solely catered for the EYETOY gadget.

Overall, it's a 3.5/5.0 for the fun it provides for the groupies.

p.s. - When playing this game in the living room or bedroom, pls close all curtains so as to prevent the neighbours from getting alarmed and ended up calling the police. ^_^