She's Got Game

I threw on my 3D glasses, climbed into the sleigh, and held on to my boyfriend's hand.  I felt the *click* as the sleigh released the break, and we began to inch forward.  Suddenly, we were in a room full of reanimated knights and dodging thrown knives, the sleigh spinning.  Then just as we leave the scene, King Ludwig is sitting on top of the sleigh in front of me, warning me to leave this place.  His ghost mother, who has been leading the way, fights him off, and we have spun off again to another scene.  As we finish climb off the sleigh and leave DarKastle into the cheeriness that is Busch Gardens, I think, could this be how 3D gaming will be?

3D games are not a new idea at all, even several games are already announced.  Little Big Planet and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Sony's babies, will be coming out in 3D soon.  Reading comments on articles though, a lot of people do not think that 3D gaming - much less 3D TV - will really take off, especially since HD TV is still a new thing.  After riding the DarKastle ride though, I have to disagree.  The graphics were superb, and there is nothing like feeling you are actually there.  Here are some of the games that I think would really be a success for 3D gaming:

The Kinect will be coming out for the Xbox soon, and what better device to combine 3D gaming with?  Instead of throwing knives like in the ride, what about balls?  You know - dodgeball?  You would need a fair amount of space, but you no longer have the risk of a rubber ball breaking your nose off.

Roller Coaster Tycoon is one of those games that everyone seems to have at some point in their life.  In one of their most recent installments, they included a feature where you could "ride your own rides."  With 3D gaming, you could really ride your own rides. Of course, there would have to be a lot of motion sickness warnings, and it would probably require you to sit down so you don't fall flat on your face, but roller coaster enthusiasts everywhere would absolutely love this feature.

In the ride, there was a scene where it seemed like you were falling out of the sky into the castle, and it was extremely convincing.  Games like Spiderman would make you feel like you were actually going through the sky.  Unnerving at first most likely, but as we become more and more used to the feeling, I believe that action games would really catch on. 

Then of course this may be pushing it, but what if you could actually have another "person" in the room.   In the ride, it really looked like King Ludwig was sitting on the sleigh.  This idea may be risky though, lonely people may become obsessed, etc, but would it not be neat to take dancing lessons with someone who actually looked like they were there?

I think the biggest drawback on 3D gaming will not be having to wear the glasses, but the expense.  Most people do not have 3D TVs already, and 3D glasses are pretty expensive.  You are looking at spending over $1,000 to just be able to play the games.  One day though, just like HD TV has really taken a hold on society, I believe that 3D TV will as well.

What do you think about 3D gaming? What other games could you see coming to the 3D screen?