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Everybody loves free stuff.
When I bought an iPod, the first thing I gravitated toward was the podcasts. They're all free, and some of them are truly extraordinary.
Among those I'd call the best of the best is a gem from ON Networks. It's called Play Value and gives a deep insight into the history of video games. I especially enjoyed Atari vs. Nintendo.
Here's the website. I'd highly recommend you either watch them on the web, or download them to your iPod, Zune or whatever you young people own these days.
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Why is there an image of a PS3 controller labeled as the Sony dual analog?
I'd never really thought about the controller until I bought a Wii. It's great to see I'm not the only one who thinks about these things.
You can do an entire 10-min segment on Nintendo controllers alone in my opinion, which I would LOVE to see. Going through all the different prototype and failed releases. To make it more appealing to the general audience, maybe extend it into a piece about accessories, like the Rumble Vest on N64. That thing was a beast.
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Great show!
And lets not forget the U-Force. Yes it was crap, but it was also way ahead of it's time.
Oh, and why not make it a 2 parter if ten min isn't enough?
I wanted to. I just didn't think anyone else would care about controllers that much besides me. Looks like I was totally wrong!
Yeah you should definitely do a two parter. I was suprised not to hear about the huge xbox controller.
Controllers failed to be mentioned and of which I think are very important is the Vectrex and lets not forget the technology that inspired the wii, the NES Power Glove. Glad to see Nintendo got it right the second time, another one of those ideas that came out too soon. But the Vectrex having built-in controllers with the small joystick and set of buttons could have easily been an inspiration for many of the controllers that came out later on.
Good call. Yeah, we had a whole thing about the power glove leading to the wii, but we had to cut it. We only have ten minutes, so we can't over a lot of stuff we want to.
Yeah makes sense, looks like we need a controllers part 2... nah I think you covered what was important ;)
And awesome shoe guys! Didn't mean to be negative, you guys are very thorough.
you should do an episode on Sonic The Diaster
You should of talked about Sonic The Diaster For the 360, but, eh, i still like this show
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I'm surprised you guys didnt cover things like the rockband guitar, duck hunt lightgun, rock band controllers, hell even the mouse + keyboard. I guess you couldnt fit all those into 10 minutes though...
Anyone remember Steel Batllion? That thing had the craziest controller ever.
But other than that I LOVE THIS SHOW~!~
im surprised that they didnt touch on the original xbox controller.. that beast..
Have you seen the "probable" PS4 controller?http://www.soygik.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/ps4controller.jpg
If it would be like it it would be hilarious!
For a bit of additional controller history, check this site out. It has a great look at the influences console controllers have had on each other, and covers a pretty wide range of designs.
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Strange, I could've sworn it was there when I first posted...
hrmm... apparently url format strings get auto-deleted from comments.
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what site?
I loved my Advantage.. Especially the "Turbo" function, which fired repeatedly. The "Slow motion" button was iffy, since all id did was pause the game real fast repeatedly, so it didn't work with every game.
Super Advantage For SHES wasn't as good for some reason.
Also, the NES MAX controller from Nintendo, which some people dug. I thought it sucked. It was a pseudo analog controller, which might have worked if any NES games had analog controls back then.
Great one. Anyone remember the NES Advantage? Back then, I remember thinking it was one of the most ergonomic controller around. And although it was still a digital controller, it still gave that "almost" analog feel in racing games like R.C. Pro-Am...
Nintendo led the way.