Speaking to CVG about the 360′s immediate plans, Microsoft’s director of Xbox and Entertainment for the UK Stephen McGill promised that the software scheduled next year ensures that 2011 will “ultimately be all about Kinect. Kinect is going to blow people’s minds. They’re buying it, but we’ve got a line-up of Kinect games that will blow people away.”

I suppose that boast comes as good news to only some of us, and others, not so much. Having finally had a crack at Kinect myself, I’m surprised to say I am very, very impressed with the technology. This is the first time motion gaming on consoles has actually made me get up and move in a way that was promised back when the Wii debuted. Although my athletic glory days are well behind me, I’m still a reasonably in-shape dude, but I had a bead of sweat or two after playing the soccer goalie minigame. I also may have accidentally punched through a ceiling panel while throwing an uppercut and shouting “SHORYUKEN!” during boxing.

Good times were had, but I can’t shake the fact that I’ve yet to see a killer app for Kinect that takes it beyond (admittedly fun) minigame fare. McGill assures us the software lineup will deliver, so I want to see how it delivers a full-length, large-scale title for which getting up and moving my limbs improves my relationship to the game and how I control it. Kinect’s technology has blown me away. Now give me an actual game that will do the same.