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January 20, 2006

Link of the Day - The XShox Controller

Today's Link

The XShox Controller

Disclaimer: The IGDA SiG SIG does not recommend or condone shocking yourself with a hacked video game controller.

Proving that games can smack you as much as they can vibrate you, the XShox controller is a project just waiting for gullible friends. Removing the force-feedback motor in an XBox controller and replacing it with a bug zapper, the XShox produces a shock whenever the controller would normally vibrate. Not only was this the same idea used for the SexBox, the XShox could easily be used as an "attention-getting" interface to something like Second Life to make sure your virtual significant other isn't zoning out.

Posted by KyleMachulis at January 20, 2006 03:25 PM | Discuss this post on our forums