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    The DualShock3 Is Now Available in Silver, Oooohhhh

    Use Sony's DualShock on the Nintendo Wii, Then Giggle Like a Super Villain

    The Datel Wildfire Hopes to One-Up the Dual Shock

    XCM Cross Fire Adapter Brings Dual Shock, Identity Crises to Xbox 360

    Wii Classic Controller Pro Is Basically a Nintendo DualShock

    PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease

    Cross Battle Adapter Brings Xbox 360 Controller to PS3, With Rumble

    The Joystick: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin

    Use Your PlayStation 3 DualShock/SixAxis Controllers On Your PC

    If Only Sony Made Such a Clever PS3 Remote
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    Image of jeffrola jeffrola
    06/26/09

    In reply to The DualShock3 Is Now Available in Silver, Oooohhhh
    Now, if we could just have them improve those analog sticks. And then maybe offset them?


    That Dualshock design is seriously outdated. I had to stop playing inFAMOUS repeatedly because my cramped hands. Can't say the same about the 360 controller.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/26/09

    @jeffrola:
    I can. I picked up a 360-for-Windows controller and the thing is clearly designed for child-sized hands. Aside from a few rare adult-sized PC controllers, the Wiimote/Nunchuk combo was the first that truly feels comfortable to use, and then mostly because the two halves are not formed into a single shell. Means I can let my arms lay wherever it feels most comfortable, and their range of motion is only slightly limited by each other (if I was useing Nyko's wireless nunchuk, they wouldn't be limited at all). I should point out that I'm half-Scandanavian with large hands and broad shoulders, so maybe it's less of an issue for scrawnier people.
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    Image of butaneko butaneko
    06/26/09

    In reply to The DualShock3 Is Now Available in Silver, Oooohhhh
    The analog stick on my white one just started flaking out and getting stuck in a direction. I was shocked to learn I couldn't recenter it. What happened to the days of indestructible game hardware?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/26/09

    @butaneko:
    When were those days again? Back 2000ish I got my hands on my old Atari 2600 from when I was a kid, and found that the controllers worked for crap. Cracking them open, I discovered that all the sensor contact plates were simply taped onto the circuit board, and as the clear plastic tape degraded, some of these plates migrated to new positions where some of them were unable to register any contact, and others falsely registered contact all the time. Now, on the plus side, it was a very simple fix (Goo Gone to clean up the old residue, plus new tape to resecure the contact plates), but when friggen tape is a vital component in the construction, I'd hardly call that "indestructable".
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    Image of rolefourlife rolefourlife
    06/26/09

    In reply to The DualShock3 Is Now Available in Silver, Oooohhhh
    what ever happened to those funky controllers from when the ps3 was in pre production or something?


    this one...


    [jeremyvonhoff.com]

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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    06/26/09

    @rolefourlife: It was deemed a crime against man and was never to be spoken about again, you didn't get the memo apparently.

    No they were a cool flashy design, but a ergonomic nightmare, so they stuck with the tried n tested DualShock design.
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    06/26/09

    @rolefourlife: I really liked those too.
    Sure, they looked like it would give you GTA hands if you played for a long time with it. But I saw a picture of it and it looked as easy as holding a steering wheel.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/26/09

    @deanbmmv:
    Your explanation produces a dangerous logic singularity, from which even remotely sensical explanations cannot escape.


    I'd say the real reason was that everyone whinged about how "ugly" it was (forgetting completely that they should be staring at the screen and not the controller), combined with the fact that everyone who has a lifelong case of the Playstation Claw cannot form their hands around anything even remotely hinting at the possibility of a slightly ergonomic design.

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    Image of BeerManMike is Bayonetta's personal defender: BeerManMike is Bayonetta's personal defender:
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Datel Wildfire Hopes to One-Up the Dual Shock
    They higher their designers from Mrs.Walts' 7th grade class?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    03/26/09

    @BeerManMike: No, but they did "hire" some from there.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Datel Wildfire Hopes to One-Up the Dual Shock
    I prefer the quad shock made by Taser. Really sucks when you get his in COD4.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Datel Wildfire Hopes to One-Up the Dual Shock
    Look, just make it compatible with a Windows PC will ya?


    Is a BT controller that simply works really that much of a hurdle or am I just looking in the wrong places?

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    Image of DoomDoomDoom DoomDoomDoom
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Datel Wildfire Hopes to One-Up the Dual Shock
    Ew, that is one ugly controller. Control pad looks like it sucks, as well.


    Actually, it's one big fail. Sort of looks like the baby of a PS controller and an original Xbox controller, keeping all the ugly features.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/26/09

    @DoomDoomDoom:
    Yeah, gosh, I hate how it looks like it won't physically maim your hands like the stock PS controller grips. And the fact that the d-pad is a single rocker button instead of four independant buttons that you can't easily press at the same time, yeah, that looks pretty horrible as well. It almost makes me want to cry, it does.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    02/27/09

    In reply to Cross Battle Adapter Brings Xbox 360 Controller to PS3, With Rumble
    Am I the only one who prefers a ps3 controller to the 360 controller??


    Of course, for FPS, I play on my PC (love thems mouse and keyboards), so maybe that's my issue?

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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    02/26/09

    In reply to Wii Classic Controller Pro Is Basically a Nintendo DualShock
    It would be nice if we could navigate the Wii menu with it... and/or GameCube games. Otherwise... thank you Nyko! ^_^
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    And it only took House 42 minutes, 12 insults directed at Kuttner, 10 remarks about Cuddy's ass, 5 allusions to bisexuality directed at 13, and 5 glares at Forman to figure out.


    Is there anything Hugh Laurie doesn't know?

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/24/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: It took them that long to figure out it was Lupus?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    Well, judging by other picts of her, the rash or sores don't appear to be anywhere else on her.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/24/09

    @OscarWinner_GitEmSteveDave: Dunno man, she still has some bits strategically covered up.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    02/24/09

    @Lite: thinks they will listen to Reason (tm):
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/24/09

    @OscarWinner_GitEmSteveDave: Those are sores. They're love blisters...
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    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis."


    Back in the day we used to just call it Rosy Palm...

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    Someone make sure to tell Ponies. I tried telling him, but he kept insisting I gave him the sores.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @OscarWinner_GitEmSteveDave: Well was he playing with your "controller" for an extended period of time?? If so, a little break from your "multiplayer gaming nights" might be in order.


    I'm just sayin'...

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    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    "It tastes like salty garbage.."
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    Image of Liam Kinkaid Liam Kinkaid
    02/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: I thought that was Christina Aguilera.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/24/09

    @Liam Kinkaid: She looks like she tastes like salty garbage.
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    02/24/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: but she smells like tequila and spermicide!
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    Image of timak timak
    02/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease
    She can lick my.... hand
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    02/24/09

    @timak:


    funny thing about my hand is that its located on my...

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/26/09

    @caL: And your head is located up your...
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