I’ve checked the date three times now, just in case I was hit by a car on my way home from the shops this morning and I’ve slipped into some very disappointing Life on Mars situation where it’s actually April 1st again. It’s not though, it’s definitely not April Fool’s Day.
What’s prompted this insecurity in the perceived linearity of time? Well, there’s a news story on Polygon about Pizza Hut and Kinect. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s a news story or a sponsored ad, it’s not marked but it’s also without any sense of irony. This is a story that just keeps on confusing.
Anyway, Pizza Hut and Xbox have seemingly partnered to provide owners of Microsoft’s console with the opportunity to order from the food chain’s menu, directly on their Xbox 360. You can create your order using voice commands, a controller or Kinect and save your preferences to your Xbox and Pizzahut.com accounts for ease of repeat ordering in the future. Hey, you can even share what you’ve ordered with your Facebook friends, if you’ve synced that account.
I’m not making this up, I promise.
Larry Hryb, Microsoft’s Major Nelson, even said that the app opens up “tremendous entertainment options” aside from what the Xbox 360 is now known for. Entertainment? From ordering a pizza? Okay.
Look, I’m not usually one to be flippant about more easily available pizza. I’ll always be an advocate for having readily accessible junk food at all times. But this seems a bit… weird to me. Who is sitting in front of their Xbox thinking that they’d order a large stuffed crust with extra italian sausage if only they had a simple way of doing it? Lift the phone, order from your computer or smartphone. Even, and I say this with the greatest of respect, take your lardy arse outside of the house and pick up your own pizza from the shop.
Apologies if that’s not tremendously entertaining enough for you…
DJ Judas
I like to think with all these “great new options” MS are watering down their console-offerings with, that they are shooting themselves in the foot.
However, the idiocy of people on the whole continually surprises me, so who knows, it might just be their killer niche when the console wars ramp up again.
Peter Chapman
sorry, can’t talk, I’m wiggling my arms around in front of Kinect to add a bit more mozzarella.
Tuffcub
What’s the Kinnect action for “Extra sausage” ?
Peter Chapman
I’m trying it now but it just keeps asking me to move the elephant out the way of the camera.
Tuffcub
Oh that’s because you’ve got the Kinnect Camera set to x 10,000 zoom.
*evil smirk*
KeRaSh
I see (not literally) what you did there! :D
Eldur
All the fine journalism on this site and even the editor can’t turn away from a knob gag. That’s why I love TSA.
Alex C
Major Nelson is an anagram of Meat Feast.
Tuffcub
Major Nelson does not have an F in it.
Tuffcub
It is an anagram of “Mr Lo Jeans On”
Eldur
Or ‘No Solemn Jar’.
XisTG
My cable TV service allows me to order pizza from our local place as well, so I guess I’m not surprised :)
gazzagb
Well with Dominos you can get a free movie with some pizza deals, so maybe they’ll be deals where you get a free movie to stream too.
It all does seem a bit pointless though.
Peter Chapman
FRICTIONLESS BILLING!
bunimomike
I suppose, what would be nice would be, Minority Report gesture control where people can simply select from the twenty ingredients (two rows of ten) and slide them down over the base.
The added entertainment might be that if you’re a grown-up, Pizza Hut allow you to shape your ingredients into a massive cock and have it spurging double cheese all over the pizza’s slutty, exterior curves.
Someone hire me. This is wasted talent!!! :-P
yiddo
Hahahaha.
I can’t get the image out of my head of some penis shaped dough splurting out masses of double cheese. Well played.
carson321
you have to apply a little lube to take advantage of that
cam the man
Great I can order a pizza through xbox, all I need now is a Pizza Hut near enough to deliver.
Tuffcub
NEWS JUST IN! XBOX 720 DRIVE REPLACED WITH PIZZA OVEN!
Peter Chapman
It’ll probably still run cooler than those first 360s did.
HAHAHA.
Tuffcub
You are on fire today sir!
Much like those first Xbox 360s!
Ba-boom-tish!
CR8ZYH0RSE
I suppose you’ll have to be gold to be able to perform this mime then?
Also please don’t call me lardy arse,i’ve only just managed to get my cheeks back together again.8)
Kennykazey
It’s good to see Microsoft continue their push on games for their gaming-console.
It only does everything, so you don’t have to.
Eldur
I can’t wait to get myself a pizza the action!
>.>
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bunimomike
Oh dear god. :-P
double-o-dave
You couldn’t have said it any better! :)