Technical fouls for cursing in NBA 2K14 through Kinect.

[Higher Tech]

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The future is here, and it comes bearing technical fouls.

Deadspin's Barry Petchesky spotted a video that proves the next generation of video game consoles guarantees you too can feel what it's like to be formerNBA player Rasheed Wallace.

Here is a brief video captured byYouTube user RandomFrankP, showing off some gameplay footage from NBA 2K14on the Xbox One. More importantly, it shows that the Kinect technology—a device connected to the console that picks up sights and sounds—has rabbit ears for foul language.

With that, we warn the video does contain some NSFW language.

We always wondered what the future of gaming might look like, perhaps a virtual room not unlike the holodeck on Star Trek. Nah, instead we get technical fouls thrown at us as if Joey Crawford came over for a friendly visit.

Now I find myself taking the contrarian point of view in seeing this bit of technology as really rather cool. It's hilarious to think that you can get so immersed in a game that you can actually warrant a technical foul for F-bombs.

It's 2013; we don't have hoverboards or flying cars, but we do have video games that figuratively slap you on the wrist.

Of course, such violations—as they are in real life—become extremely annoying. Knowing full well that there is little to no hope in limiting the amount of expletives that fly from gamers' mouths, we assume you can turn off this particular portion of thegameplay.

While I have yet to play any aspect of the new Xbox One, I am a fond fan of all thingsNBA 2K, so I know there is hardly a dearth of game sliders and options you can turn on or off. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of this particular "foul language" aspect please let me know in the comments section though.

As Petchesky reminds, a Reddit user by the name of RossBoomsocks recently posted an image that proves the Kinect is listening throughout other games, because the user was hilariously reprimanded in FIFA 14.

A Kotaku article from 2012 reports this same technology was used in last year's NBA 2K13, using the Xbox 360's Kinect technology.

However, according to the report, technical fouls were given to the bench or a coach rather than a specific player.

With newer technology, the console seems ready to pick up on more and more of our movements and language, a concept that has garnered a great deal of praise as well as criticism for Microsoft's newest foray into video games.

Again, this may be a hilarious trifle that will amuse or annoy depending on where you are in a particular game. However, we are concerned if you can't turn this aspect of the game off, because sometimes things aren't going your way and instead of throwing an expensive controller, it's far easier to lob an F-bomb or two.

I'm not hatin on the system, and i don't own either one, but isn't that a bit invasive? Somebody fill me in.

 

[Kodie]

I'm not hatin on the system, and i don't own either one, but isn't that a bit invasive? Somebody fill me in.

It's funny as hell IMO. I like that feature.

 

[Higher Tech]

It's funny as hell IMO. I like that feature.

You know hw much cussin I do when Im playin 2k? I'd never get past the 1st half.

 

[ChrisDorner]

And this marks the start of the snitch box one

 

[Just like bruddas]

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

lol it's a nice little detail. i think it would be hilarious if you got a flag for excessive touchdown celebrations in madden.

at the invalid command prompt when he said fukk you kinect

 

[Just like bruddas]

I was just about to make thread about this

looks like skynet...I mean kinetic is becoming self aware

 

[el_oh_el]

fukkin hilarious

 

[ThaBronxBully]

I Havent Got A Tech For Yelling "fukk" Yet But I Got T'd Up Twice For Yelling "Bullshyt!" LOL

 

[Lord Scion]

Don't the PS4 do the same thing if you happen to be talking into a mic? I thought I heard someone on this site say he got a technical for cursing, shyts fukkin hysterical but I'll never get through a game, lmao

 

[B86]

I was playing online while talking to my boy who was watching me play. I was sayin something to him and think I said fukk...they teched me! I thought it was the best shyt ever in a game (exaggerating) but I know to turn off the Kinect Mic next time

 

[satam55]

Y'all do realize that NBA 2K14 on PS4 and NBA 2K14 & 2K13 on Xbox360 does this also?

Don't the PS4 do the same thing if you happen to be talking into a mic? I thought I heard someone on this site say he got a technical for cursing, shyts fukkin hysterical but I'll never get through a game, lmao

Yes.

 

[DaylitoJames]

Gonna have to go the Battlestar Galatica route and yell "FRAK!" or "BOLLOCKS!"

 

[ltheghost]

This is HILARIOUS!!! WOW!! Technology calling Techs on people!! LOL

 

[daze23]

shyt is pretty damn funny

*whistle*