It's not for an odd purpose: word is he created it for a serviceman who lost a hand in Iraq.

It's not for an odd purpose: word is he created it for a serviceman who lost his hand in Iraq.

I thought he designed this controller for a Iraq vet. that had one of his hand amputated.

An odd purpose? You mean like building it for someone who was injured and can only use one hand to play games?
Yeah, completely odd. What a weirdo.

I heard that he created it for an iraq war veteran who lost his other hand in battle

Did you even read the page, Travis? "I've actually always wanted to build some helpful devices for people with disabilities, I know that sounds completely different than the stuff I usually do (you know, like Xbox laptops and ghost documentaries) but I see it as an interesting challenge. Here was my chance!"

This seems like a great idea for stroke victims, amputees, and other disabled people. Just because you can't use your right hand doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to rid the world of the filthy Horde on Emergence Day.

p0wnd by ADA. eat cake, author!

Who reads anymore?

If you only have one hand, you can try Wii golf, tennis, bowling or baseball. Monkeyball on Wii should work well too.

yeah this was on engadget on friday... and they picked up on why he made it...

good game giz

where is the version for southpaws.. *wink

@ tsunamitomi

that is his left hand

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Seriously, the reporting on Gizmodo has gone down the tubes lately. The fact that Travis Hudson didn't even know why this controller was made shows how little actual effort is put into the blog posts.

Gizmodo, I am slightly embarrassed by this. You should know better.

This will be perfect for when I'm playing DOA Volleyball and...um...need the other hand.

You want the New York Times? spend the dollar. otherwise get over it and don't nitpick a BLOG.

Wow, this post is a new low. And I don't mean the mastrubation jokes, but the quality of the reporting. If you're just posting for the sake of posting something, don't. Come back to it when you decide to read the article and amke a relevant post.

Just sloppy.

shame on you gizmodo bloggers for attempting to provide myself and others with free entertainment for our work lives, and making an error!!!!!!!

seriously, what do i pay you for? oh, right...

While it's true that this a free website and there's a decent argument to be made in regards to not complaining about what you aren't paying for, the bottom line is that this post's complete lack of any research whatsoever is nothing short of unacceptable. Free or not, anyone who writes anything for anyone anywhere owes their audiance at least the slightest bit of a clue before begining.

Rack up another vote on the "Ashamed/Disappointed" side of the scoreboard.

travis, you got some 'splaining to do...!

all kidding aside, its not like someone died because of this oversight. :)

Kotaku got it right.

hey, don't you think Travis was just trying to be funny? I laughed. If you've been on this site before, you obviously should get the humor, and RELAX! Jeez guys, a little sensitive. It was funny.

Anyone who excuses simple work for being done poorly /because/ it is simple work is just lazy.