2011年1月27日星期四

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ThriXXX began showing off technical demos for a Kinect-enabled girl fondling

ThriXXX began showing off technical demos for a Kinect-enabled girl fondling simulator earlier this month, with videos depicting a man using his hand to pet and stroke computer generated women. The video clips have been taken off YouTube but still exist on the developer's very not safe for work website, which you can find yourself.A few replica Tag Heuer CJF2111.BA0576 Men's Watch days later Microsoft issued a statement to IGN stating that such a game would never be approved by Microsoft for the Kinect. The game could still be released for the PC, of course, but five-year-old Edwin Valverde doesn't likely have his Kinect hooked up to his PC.

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Nintendo breaks down the relationships between Golden Sun

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2011年1月16日星期日

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