Microsoft's Project Natal took a step away from the stage and closer to the living room when Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan and Mark Wilson took the system for a test drive.

While the preview did consist of some of the same style of tech demos we saw on Monday, the exciting part involved playing Burnout Revenge, an existing 360 game, with the system. The game was able to run even with Natal's processing overhead, controlled via an air steering wheel and moving feet forward and backward to represent the gas.

Despite their dedicated efforts to get the system to hiccup, Gizmodo was impressed with the device, commenting on how natural and polished the experience felt. Despite the usual pre-production glitches, Natal seems ready to take on the gaming world whenever it comes out. Video after the jump.