Where do you store your controllers? On the wall?

12:20 PM on 05.03.2010   |   Dale North

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Where do you store your console controllers? Me? Anywhere I can. I  have this closed shelf in my living room that holds some. In my office there's a basket on the floor that holds more. In my closet there's a bucket of the less used things, like Mario Kart Wii wheels and SingStar mics. Beyond all of that, there's several controllers that are "on display," sitting out in my living room, on the fireplace mantle and on end tables. I'd guess that if I weighed them all, I'd have about 50 lbs of game controllers, and I'm not counting anything like Rock Band or Guitar Hero.

I know you all are in the same boat. I wonder if any of you have any better storage ideas. Laboratory 424 has an idea, though I don't know if it's a "better" one.

They've hung their controllers on the wall, much like a recording studio would do with their cables. Wall clips hold whatever you throw at them, and is ready to re-hold your controllers when you're done. Also note that games are stored on disc mounts stuck to a poster. These are pretty neat ideas, but they don't account for volume. I'd need many walls for these controllers, and I'd need bigger clips for the really big stuff. And the games? This poster thing would never work. And where to you put the boxes and instruction manuals?