September 16, 2004 - Editor's Note: Be sure to check out the videos at the end of the story by clicking on "Media Page"

The show floor of Game Stars Live was packed, and not just with drooling British game fans. With huge titles like Halo 2, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Tony Hawk Underground 2, and plenty others, the debut of EGN and Game Stars Live in London proved an awesome success for just about everyone in the industry. Amazingly, the biggest entertainment value at the show wasn't found in Microsoft's crowded booth, and neither could it be enjoyed whilst playing EA's strong lineup.

Nay, in fact the greatest source of entertainment at this year's Game Stars Live event was the Gametrak, the single most awesome video game accessory since the Power Glove. Step aside Lucas Barton, your glory is dead.

The Gametrak uses a player's physical movements as command inputs, allowing the games designed for the device to be controlled with actual physical movement of the arms. Playing a fighting game? Punch at mid air to make your in-game character strike. Wanna golf? You'll have to perfect your real world stroke before strapping into the Gametrak. The Gametrak booth even showcased the accessory's ability to work with currently existing games, as kids used the device to play Namco's Soul Calibur 2.

I didn't dare try out the device myself (for fear of public humiliation) but it seems simple enough to use. Connecting to your PS2 through a USB port, the main Gametrak device rests on the floor. Once that's done, the raddest gloves ever conceived are then strapped onto your hands, and then connected by wires to the Gametrak unit at your feet. Using these wires, the Gametrak reads all sorts of hand movements, and in full three-dimension.

On display at the show was the first title to launch for the Gametrak, Dark Wind which made exceptional use of the entertainment value of kids willing to do anything in public. Dark Wind is a simplistic fighting game played in a first person perspective. I watched a number of amusing individuals, with dance-like arm flailing, throw left and right punches and even block by holding their arms in front of their faces. Many of the eager participants threw flurries of punches only to be rewarded with one or two in-game attacks—whether this was a limitation of the Gametrak or the Dark Wind software was hard to guess, but it didn't limit the fun of the wannabe Tysons.

The Gametrak will release across Europe on PlayStation 2 in September, along with Dark Wind. Other games, including Real World Golf, will following suit, giving kids across the continent a sturdy workout. No word yet on whether this gizmo will launch in the States, but Lord knows we hope so.