Help Improve Kinect Technology and Walk Away With Freebies

Hey guys!  Here is your chance to contribute and get some free Avatar gear and achievements while you're at it. Microsoft released an app called Voice Studio on XBLA.  Basically, it's a voice calibration tool that will have you saying lines of dialogue from the different places you will use Kinect such as where you sit while watching movies or where you stand while playing Kinect.  This will help devs improve the Kinect's voice recognition technology and improve the entire experience as your TV is creating noise wile playing or watching movies.  The best part is the rewards!  Not only are you improving the experience but you get freebies!  Here's what you can earn:

Avatar awards include a tin can phone, vinyl record glasses, a VU meter shirt (m/f) and a giant speaker

You also can earn four achievements for 50GS by completing all eight tracks:

1. 

   Golden Voice

   Sucessfully completed all eight tracks in Voice Studio

   20 UNLOCKED ON 4/3/2012
2. 

   Fast Talker

   Successfully completed the sixth track in Voice Studio

   10 UNLOCKED ON 4/3/2012
3. 

   Massive Mumbler

   Successfully completed the fourth track in Voice Studio

   10 UNLOCKED ON 4/3/2012
4. 

   Baby Babbler

   Successfully completed the second track in Voice Studio

   10 UNLOCKED ON 3/31/2012

Bungie Finished the Fight on 03/31/2012

"We have followed your careers with great interest here on Bungie.net, and you have gifted us a mountain of heroic moments to memorialize. It is with a sense of awe that we step back and admire the impact that you have had on our games, and upon our studio. Thanks for sharing your stories with us."

I got a lump in my throat today as Bungie.net said farewell to HALO and left it in the hands of others to continue their great work in keeping up with the endless statistical analysis that comes with all the fragging in this universe.

"This week’s Mail Sack marks an important milestone for the Bungie Community. For more than a decade, gamers have been clashing on the virtual battlefields of Halo multiplayer. Ever since Halo 2 brought them together via Xbox LIVE, the statistical analysis enabled by Bungie.net has tracked all of the fragging, shooting, splattering, pummeling, capturing, detonating, controlling, betraying, and assisting you brought to the virtual battlefield. It’s been a glorious run."

"On Sunday, that comes to a close as we yield the stage to developers who will be ensuring that the legacy of Halo lives on."  Those are some mighty big Spartan armor to fill.

Of course, you can still follow your stats on halo.xbox.com, but there is something to the love that was felt for this franchise on Bungie.net that may never be matched.  

I salute you Bungie, for changing the face of the gaming world by making Xbox relevant and by advancing online multiplayer with HALO 2.  

Bungie did leave us with something amazing though.  Behold some of the most outrageous statistics you have ever seen!  Witness how you and others like you have built an online universe that reaches to the farthest reaches of the Milky Way and back by clicking the image below (you may have to use the zoom function).