WTF IS THAT THING.


JESUS..

If saw that on the desert I would shoot it with all I got.

Carter doing his best Michael "Power Bottom" Pachter impression.

The day I pick up an iPad and sit on my couch for 5 hours straight for an "engrossing" experience is the day that virtual reality holographic pornography becomes available on the iPad.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Wait a second... *clears throat*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Because a buttonless, lo-tech tablet really stands up to the PS3/Xbox 360.

I want an iPad but will wait to see how "3" turns out. I would still rather game with my 360 or ps3. The problem with a tablet for gaming is that a new version comes out too often. Sony and Microsoft don't make me buy a new system every year.

That look like the lovechild of a scorpion and an especially nasty spider!?

Blegh! D: Kill it!!

If the iPad 3 allows me to use my iTouch as a controller as a default feature, then we have a deal.

I'd plaster the iPad on my wall. Booyah.

Not without physical controls it won't.

The iPad encroaching on home consoles? How? Why?

I can kind of understand people who believe it will take over mobile gaming, but who wants to play games on a device at home which is inferior to a home console OR a home computer? Touch controls over a controller or a mouse? Seriously?

those pedipalps are creepy and huge!

@Juwaan Armstrong,

Why not just use any kind of bluetooth controller? Not sure why it'd have to be an itouch/iphone

i think it's only a matter of time before Apple gets into the console market anyways. The Apple iGame. It will be like an Xbox, but $1000 more and look shinier.

Its a fake Camel Spider

http://www.grahamowengallery.com/fishing/Camel_Spider.html

WTF is that? Someone, call the EDF!

Until people are willing to play CoD on a tablet, I don't think consoles are going anywhere.

@Jason - Maybe not Sony and Microsoft, and maybe not console wise, but I'm counting the number of Nintendo handhelds I have in my household, and I laugh.

I'm all for the iPad. I'm all for people who enjoy playing games on the iPad. But when I game I require 4 things: Drink, munchies, something to put my feet on, and a BIG SCREEN to see what the frack I'm doing.

@pokota

Mobile gaming? No way. Mobile gaming is popular because everyone has a phone on them at all times. People who own iPad's don't carry them everywhere, and at over $500 the average person isn't going to buy one like they do with smart phones. Comparing the iPad to console gaming is the best comparison in terms of audience size. Quantity quality of content is another story.

@jaded. So true. Forgot Nintendo puts out a new DS every year.

@Cortes: hey, there are real ones that look damn near like that. Not actually par of the spider family though and only get as big as 6"

Fucking spider, where do you keep getting those pictures from ><

Well an iPad and an Apple TV is very close to what Nintendo has with the Wii U. I can definitely see Apple taking a chunk of the casual market from them, not so much from the PS3 or 360.

Dale's Nature Show, I remember that podcast.

*Adam's Nature Show

That, my friends, is a solifuge, one of the meanest things alive. It will cut hair off your head whilst you sleep, and build a nest from it. True story, my friend found one and kept it in a glass box. A few weeks later it died, but not before laying about 50 eggs. How my town is still on the map is a mystery to me.

Google solifuge, there are a whole bunch of different types of the little bastards

This guy is an idiot, has he tried playing on an Ipad, FPS are useless, RPGs are possible but limited, and don't even get me started on racing games.

@Jason Gurin
"So true. Forgot Nintendo puts out a new DS every year."

Hyperbole, much?

How's a hardware revision every two years comparable to what apple does with the iPhone/iPad?

The DS changed CPU a grand total of one time in 5 years, for crying out loud.

that this is an ALIEN. it has 10 legs!!!!

k.

ipad? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@El conrado. Good point. I guess my beef with iPad gaming is every year the new edition has more under the hood than the previous one. And with my personally i would feel the need to constantly upgrade.

*personality. Damn spell check on iPhone.

I really like my iPad 2, there are some pretty cool games on it.

As much as I love my PC and growing pile of consoles/handhelds, there are some games for which I think touchscreens are actually an ideal form of input; Plants vs Zombies, for example -- the iPad version is so easy to control simply because you can touch multiple things simultaneously (rendering the gold magnet unnecessary, for example).

header image is cute.

That thing looks like an alien! I wonder if it thinks we look like aliens?

10 legs and pincers on each one of them? That thing is a photoshop right? Right?!

Really? I don't see many people abandoning their HD Tvs and PS3/360 controllers in favor of a flat all touch controller without buttons. Most games are online these days, and I don't know how well the iPad would do to providing extensive online play.

I understand Apple has a chunk of the games market right, and ignoring them would be ignorant, but we are giving them way too much credit, and all of these claims of them eclipsing the gaming market and becoming the dominant gaming force in the industry are getting ridiculous. What Apple has right now is good, but I don't know how successful they would be in grabbing the attention of Killzone and Halo players.

Jeez, does no one read the comments? Cortez121 has already linked to the source image. It's an extremely well made fake. But, I agree, scary as fuck! Also, no sense of perspective in the picture. Could be as big as a house. Could be coming for you right now!

@JustLeigh

I'm just invisible... :(

@Cortes121

No, my friend, you are not. Everyone else just has their eyes closed is all. :)

@Cortes121

PS sorry for getting your handle wrong. :S

There's a lot of unfounded, misguided hatred towards iDevices on this site and it's kind of sad. We're all gamers here and there's no need to be afraid of change. I consider myself a hardcore gamer and spend a ton of time gaming on my iPhone. Guess what happened to my DS? It's collected nothing but dust because there's no need to carry it anymore. If I need gaming on the go, I ALWAYS have my phone with me. Buttons need not apply.

iPad sold a million units in it's first weekend which absolutely dwarfs any consoles initial sales numbers. Unfortunately for you disbelievers, Mr. Carter is right. All of you hardcore gamers trying to resist this change are nothing more than a bunch of old curmudgeons grumbling about the good old days.

@Ragnar

One word - Android. The convenience of an i-whatever without having to support a tyranical regime.

Fuck Apple. Fuck them in there stupid asses.

@JustLeigh

I respectfully disagree. From a straight gaming perspective, the Apple App Store is leagues superior to any similar service.

Don't get me wrong, I have no loyalties here. If/When another App Market overtakes the Apple App Store in terms of quality games, I'll gladly jump ship. Until then, I love my iPhone and haters gon' hate.

@Ragnar

No hate for the iPhone or iPad, and I'm absolutely not afraid of change. I just don't see it at this point. Sure, the iPad/iPhone may infringe on handheld devices because so many people own one, but consoles? Yes, people game on their iPads/iPhones, but they don't buy an iPad solely FOR gaming.

Like Scissors stated, what about Killzone, Halo? For that matter COD, Gears of War, or perhaps a game like Mag? I shudder to think of a game like Mass Effect or Skyrim on a device like an iPad.

Maybe I'm missing something? Until they show me how they'll get me to leave my HDTV or PC for the smaller iPad screen, I'll be happy playing the role of an old curmudgeon grumbling. ;)

Those who say ipads/ iphone suck for gaming because they dont have controls are wrong, traditional controller will entually come out for it. The iphone already have an controoler attachment which makes the machine just like a traditional handheld

@ragnar

I'm perfectly fine with change in a sense as long as i know that the amount of money im putting into something makes it mine free and clear, that's not the case with any apple product if you read the fine print then you don't own your Iphone/ipad/ipod you just lease the product and if apple finds you doing something with it they don't like they have the right to take it back.

I personally don't mod any of my systems but i like to know that i paid 300/400/600 and i end up owning it at the end up the day and not that i'm leasing it, by all rights apple should allow you to purchase any upgrades at 1/2 the cost if you don't own the product just turn in the old one and get a new one at least then i wouldn't feel like i'm being raped every time they come out with a new product.

As far as the Ipad taking over for gaming touch screens are great as long as you keep it in good shape and clean it, but i prefer to have a controller in hand when playing a game unless it's a card game then i don't mind the whole touch screen.

Videogames.

TrevHead, have you followed the iControlPad at ALL? Cragix has had the hardest time dealing with Apple, from threatened lawsuits to patent forming, just to try and keep him from making it. It's clear: Apple doesn't want no stinkin' buttons.

You know of it's existence, but it was a rocky road.