Seen@E3: Journos and fans ready to drink the Kinect Kool-Aid

As our friend Cheapy D demonstrates, attendees of tonight's Cirque du Soleil/Microsoft event are apparently being asked to wear these crazy white ponchos. There are two explanations. 1. It's the formation of a new Kinect Kult. 2. Sledge-O-Matic.

Either way, we're jealous.
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Here are a bunch of random dudes wearing ponchos.

And here's Tomonobu Itagaki wearing a poncho, courtesy of @johnnyminkley. And we're going to need a ruling from the judges on this but ... yes! Yes he is pulling it off.