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Roll your own: 3 badass custom joysticks
I've always wanted to make my own joystick. I'll be at an event or convention, and I'll see some guy who has his own handmade rig, and I'll think to myself damn, that guy is for real. And while i...
XCM Dominator Joystick does all the work for you
Well, not all. But it does have some shortcut buttons that you can load up with complex combos and retrigger at a touch.Check out the video above of the XCM Dominator Joystick for PS3, from Tota...
Wiimotes need more color, plastic pokers
Ah, good old retro mods inspired by the Famicom. That joystick remain dear to my heart. Everything about it was revolutionary -- it had three times as many buttons, it was curved, and the buttons...
The DIY no-sew NES controller wallet
Want to impress the ladies by walking around with a giant brick in your pants? Have a sacrificial NES controller lying around? Solution: the NES controller wallet. The construction of this fashin...
Learn the WarHawk before your time
Three grungy-looking snapshots of the upcoming WarHawk PS3 game surfaced today with complete EA-style arcade instructions on how to pilot both the air ship and the (seemingly underdeveloped and ...
God of War 3: PS3, 1080p and ... vibration?
1UP's Matt Leone attended the God of War 2 Sony event, blogging some very curious words about the supposed future of GOW3 from the lips of director Cory Barlog. Captain obvious had previousl...
Gamedeals commissions giant NES pad
How does modest independent Canadian game shop draw in passerbys and passing window-shopping spaceships orbiting the sun? With a godzilla-sized classic NES pad! Hardcore Nintendo fan Eyes5 beca...
Vickie Hogan is dead, not my Sixaxis
Today Anna Nicole Smith collapsed in a casino just north of me, dying at the hump age of 39. Despite a long adult life she will only be remembered for having large breasts, leaving Texas, marryi...
Joysticks, the movie review
It's officially movie month here at Destructoid folks. First, Robert had the full Dead or Alive movie for your viewing displeasure. Then I gave you the preview of Game Box 1.0. DMV gave us a...
A retro skin for the classic Wii controller
It almost looks good. Almost. The buttons in the middle seem to kind of float in the middle of limbo and disrupt the horizontal lines abruptly, but overall it does make the controller look a lot ...
The Texter reinvents typing on consoles
It's a fact -- playing MMOs on a console often sucks for a variety of little annoying usability reasons. Among my top gripes is slow text input. The only real alternatives are using a daisy c...
CES 2007: Falcon 3D mouse: hands-on
The 3d mouse that made waves and stole show awards away from the Wiimote and Sixaxis is finally coming to mass market. The Novint Falcon 3D mouse is essentially a little robot with three ar...
Nyko: forget Sixaxis, buy Zero FTW
In addition to PS3 intercoolers, dongles, guitars, HDMI cables and other shiny accessories we also spent some time with Nyko's new Sixaxis alternative, the Zero series controller. The design is ...
CES 2007: Three new ways to revive Sixaxis
As you may already know, charging the Sixasis with the stock 4 foot USB bundled with the console is a joyless experience; a corner cut surely to keep the price down on the PS3. Players that want...
One lucky Xbox 360 controller
Alexandra loves Gears of War and looks damn good lovin' it. Sorry guys - unfortunately she's also already spoken for and her husband is strong enough to throw cars at people. Neverthele...
Wii FPS games cause motion sickness?
It's ok. Don't feel like a big gamer wuss. There are others like you. Nobody's talking about it. It has to be said. Wii have a new problem, but it doesn't have a catchy name -- it...
Once you go black...
...well, you know the rest. Mad gamer scientist Alcaron gives us an excellent step by step on how to create this cool little Xbox controller mod. Not only is it cool, but it's cheap -- only $...
Nyko's Zero PS2 -- analyzed to the death
This week we received the new Zero Wireless Controller from Nyko, a futuristic industrial-styled controller for the now aging PlayStation 2. I'm always hesitant to review third-party control...
RetroUSB's Retroport quick video review
Nothing makes me happier than swag ... except when brown little packages of the non-poop variety show up at my doorstep for hardware review on Destructoid. This weekend we received one from Retro...
Wiimote joystick on Windows update!
Update! Someone has responded to the Wiili order and created a demonstration video of just how useless and awkward the Wiimote is on Windows to a newb. With some practice I'm sure this can be...
Advantage belt buckle repels women, scares geeks
The design of the NES Advantage joystick, when rotated 90 degrees, vaguely resembles the anatomy of somebody who's light in the pants. It would behoove you to attempt to grind up on somebody ...
How not to destroy your home with your Wiimote
C'mere, son. Set aside that remote and take a knee. You and me, we're gonna have us a little talk about common sense. That newfangled Nintendo system you've got there -- the Wii? Yea...
The biggest dork in Hyrule becomes you
Look. Link can dress Santa's little helper, never get a haircut, go around in oversized booties, carry a bird-adorned sword and shield and still look gangsta. The rest of us? Tools. It's ...
Demystifying the Wii sensor bar
This video details the workings of the Wii remote and sensor bar by demonstration, setting the record straight on exactly how Wii technology functions in plain English. The more people that wat...
Wiimote strikes again!
CheapyD, my favorite video game-based Web site operator (Oh god, don't tell Niero! He'll beat me!), has yet another hilarious story about the Wiimote going on a rampage and smashing high-...
Taito's Bullet Train game gets Wii controller
All-are-bored!!! Could you imagine a more mundane game than driving a speeding train? Millions would disagree with me, as games of this nature are quite popular in Japan. We saw a few of these ea...
Dtoid PSA: How to prevent Wiimote stress
As you may have seen, Nido and I spent a lot of time at the Miami Nintendo Wii event this weekend and Robert Summa also received his Wii last Friday (Don't miss his various videos from unpac...
Dtoid PSA: How to prevent Wiimote stress
As you may have seen, Nido and I spent a lot of time at the Miami Nintendo Wii event this weekend and Robert Summa also received his Wii last Friday (Don't miss his various videos from unpac...
China dissects the PS3 SIXAXIS controller
Kotaku's weekend crew spotted a Playstation 3 SIXAXIS controller autopsy a Chinese gaming site, which candidly shows the motion sensing system slapped on top of the controller board and two cav...
Abuelita can almost program the Wiimote
I'll tell you two things about my grandmother. To be frank, she can't finish World 8-4. It's hard. Jumping over those tight-gapped lava pits requires youthful dexterity & anxiety. That said, I'...
PlayStation Eyetoy turns cute girl into mime
The PlayStation 2 Eyetoy is infamous for its ability to bring the party games to the sofa, but, unfortunately, it does not ship with a bubbly gamer girl. Generous souls have caught footage of s...
Surfin' the web on the Wiimote (Update 1)
Update 1: (Now I can say it) Alas! The Wii vs. PS3 video browser was pulled from YouTube before all could enjoy it, but worry not. All of the Opera browser videos are hosted by Nintendo on Wii....
More Wiimote steering madness
As reported earlier, and you can see from my new diagram above, the wheel will still let you use the Wiimote's buttons with your thumbs, and my beer is also situated in the distance. But I'll ...
Sega Activator, the crappiest game peripheral
Among the crappiest of the crappy, the Sega Genesis Activator reigns as the worst possible video game peripheral ever made. Just watch the video and take pity on these two guys. Somewhere th...
Siliconera revisits Nintendo's Life Fitness
Long before Dance Dance Revolution and a few steps after running like a sissy, Nintendo partnered up with a fitness company to produce an exercise bike that through ethernet would allow you to pe...
Hey kids, wanna run like a jittery sissy?!!
Please allow me to undo years of rehabilitative memory exercises you've put forth to block this piece of gaming history out of your prefrontal cortex (why yes, I do love Brain Age). The Ninte...
Wanna Play Accordion Hero?
Not really a Guitar Hero type of guy? Find you keep knocking your glasses off when you try to get your rock star groove on?
Well Accordion Hero might be the game for you. Schadenfreude Inter...
Gigantic Atari 2600 (and Nintendo) Joystick
This 9 foot high monstrosity was created by Mary Flanagan and her intentions for this was to get people to literally play together. Pretty great concept if you ask me!
Here's a few more pics ...
The evolution of home console joysticks
SockMaster writes: "How did the current home-console controllers come to be? How have they evolved? You may have noticed some similarities between the current generation controllers, or between...
Nintendo Wiimote change: before & after puberty
While the Playstation 3 has undoubtably gotten fatter from eating and assimilating a Playstation 2, the Wiimote appears to have lost a little babyfat around the edges and sprouted half an inch ...
Playstation 3 to feature SeRect button
Leading innovation once again, Sony has decided it would replace the age-old Select button that we've known from the 80's with their new and improved Serect button. EngRish you say? No sir, t...
Homebrew PSP motion sensing device!
So cool. And yet SO ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Hey guy, how about interactive socks that adapt to a player's excitement by the degree of how curled his toes are? Or a chin strap that mildly bur...
Most Expensive Video-Game Controller EVER
This was covered by other sites a while back, but it is recent news to me. So, I figured I'd post it in case some of ya out there missed it as well. I'm talking about the Nissan concept car, the...
E3 Wii: Hands on with Mario Galaxy
It took us 3 days and 5 hours in line to get there (3 outside, 2.5 inside a call list) but we were among the few to play it, and it was awesome! It looks like a GameCube game with a little mor...
Let's make everything gyroscopic (sigh)
Gizmodo is reporting that "The motion detection found on the PS3 is heading to the PS2 and PC. With all the excitement about the PS3’s new motion sensing controller at E3, we’ll have to wai...
E3: Wii glass wall of accessories video
After exiting the Nintendo demo stage at first entrance, you are met with a glass wall of all of their new accessories. Here's a close look at everything offered, the labels for each product, a...
PS3 Controller - Creative new design! lol
5/9 Update: IGN has released a comparison article between the two motion sensitive controllers. Basically it explains the two different motion sensing technologies, calms NES fanboys down, ya...
Turn an Atari Joystick into a Vibrating Dildo
Ah, the pocket rocket. "There's something about an Atari 2600 that makes you feel warm and tingly all over. If you want to bring those feelings to the ultimate climax, follow these instructions ...
The Ten strangest video game controllers
Pictured above: Pachinko machine controller. Like everyone needs one of those. It's a pretty fierce Listmania - I have to admit that they totally shut me up with that 200 pound dragon-shaped...
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The Zen of Gaming: What games chill us out
Do the wrong thing: Breaking Sasha's promise
A spotter's guide to videogame bosses
My sexy, nerdy, fertility boosting ReBirth wish list
Revisited: the ending of Prince of Persia is broken
The Memory Card .75: The blind fighting the blind
Game SERIES Debate to the Death! The Legend of Zelda
Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Ellis
Does sexual orientation have a place in games?
The art of Once Upon a Pixel: Katamari Damacy
How to respond to a videogame review
Ten 'classic' games that did not age well
Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Coach
The Memory Card .74: Crono's trial
Attention, everyone buying L4D2: I have dibs on Nick
Why the Left 4 Dead survivors may secretly be infected
Why I will support Modern Warfare 2
Why I can't support Modern Warfare 2
