A Great Use for Xbox One’s Kinect at Last: Pizza!

Xbox One's Kinect was looking a little superficial. The sort of contraption that can elicit an ‘ooh, that's kinda cool' or two, but is really completely effing unnecessary. Like those robot toys you demanded from grandma for Christmas. Sure, it was fun to fire its lil' foam darts at the dog's scrote for a day or two, but the thing was ultimately just a novelty you forgot about in a week.

That's Kinect, right there. Voice commands replacing simple button presses do make me feel a little like a Jedi, true enough, but is that really crucial to the gaming experience? Is it hell. Perhaps with a few more dedicated games made to support it, I wouldn't be a big ol' cynical bastard, but it'll need something special for that.

Something like... the Domino's App. Much as I just ragged on voice commands, ‘Domino's, feed me' is one I can get on board with. According to IGN, this is how you start the process. Whereupon, you can live-track the progress of your pizza on the screen.

Now, Microsoft have already shown that they're fans of the high-fat cheesetastic. Xbox 360 had a similar function, in partnership with Pizza Hut. But this app, reportedly coming to the console sometime next month, gives Kinect purpose for lazy-ass gamers everywhere. Now it just needs an attachment which puts your damn pants back on for you and opens the door for the delivery guy.