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## Video: Techland Tests Out PlayStation Move

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_Published 2010-03-25. Techland Contributor Evan Narcisse gets a first look at the new Sony gaming technique that will go up against the Wii later this year._


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## Transcript

>> So what do we got here, boss?

>> So this is Sports Champions.

>> Okay.

>> This is a collection of six different sporting events, all built on much controller functionalities.

>> Okay.

>> Today what we're demoing to is table tennis, and then a gladiator duel which is like, you know, swords, shields--

>> Got it, got it.

>> You ready?

>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Okay, cool.

>> So directly at the camera press the action button.

>> It's vibrating.

>> So the T button will lob the ball, and with the serve you swing your arm through to signal the serve.

>> You have a backhand serve here.

>> It's not good to get my ass whooped. We'll see. Serving seems a little bit hard still. Right. What? It's not good. I was distracted by her eye tint. Alright, what have we got next on this? In terms of reading depth, is there just not an attack map to that gesture?

>> There is, there is but if you save because you start your thrust and you thrust all the way through that one's gonna count.

>> Correct.

>> Kind of view this one.

>> Uh huh.

>> You need to kind of do reset and do a full thrust--

>> Oh okay, so all right. Got it.

>> You can just like [ unk ]

>> Okay No poking. Or you have to poke like you mean it. All right, it's me versus Kenji. It's uppercut action. That's some [ unk ] going on. You've got no offense so far. Oh, I spoke too soon, nice. And so forward movement is being controlled automatically? Okay. Get up. Get up! It's not good. So what are we about to take a look at now? So this is Move party. This is a party game that we are working on. It's kind of a-- kind of fast paced and everyone plays together kind of game so we can both play together.

>> Okay.

>> And it's a series of mini games, and there are like little challenges, and we both try to best each other, take a picture, getting your face going and then press this action button. It's actually played with four people, and the nice thing is it only requires one control and we're gonna be passing this controller around. Okay

>> So you know, it's a good game for the Launch window because, you know, none of them is gonna have two controllers.

>> Right.

>> So this first game is [ unk ] dash.

>> Okay.

>> We got a tennis racket on our hand.

>> Uh huh.

>> You can see it like augmented on to me.

>> Right.

>> And we are gonna smash em bugs. The key to this is actually to kick the bug in the black parts. If I hit the bugs at the side

>> Right. -[ unk ] you gotta like really smash em like the bugs

>> Right.

>> You can really see like, we got really good fast tracking so that, you know, it never loses you and just kind of [ unk ] out on there.

>> Right.

>> You can be more like methodical. Some people really like to play precisely. So on this one, we pop bubbles.

>> Okay.

>> So you kinda-- I like the hold of--

>> Oh! They're like creepy alive bacterial bubbles.

>> Exactly! We got it with harpoons. You gotta-- you gotta defend yourself. I think it tells you to pop a different color.

>> Okay.

>> I have to [ unk ] hold it like a harpoon.

>> Okay.

>> Then I think I just need a little precision.

>> Right. That's terrible. It's harder. It's more precise than you think.

>> That's the cool thing I think. Everyone should pick up a [ unk ], but then you also got the competition down there, you know. You can actually get good at games and [ unk ].

>> Your-- you work on this.

>> I know.

>> Be a little bit more--

>> You know I [ unk ].

>> Okay.

>> You got like three more rounds.

>> Three more rounds to go. Okay.

>> Yeah.

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