Old meets new(ish) in Jay Hauf’s Dreamcast iPhone Dock creation.
Mr. Hauf, you have just propelled yourself into one of the top spots for best iPhone dock mod. I don’t know if this is cooler than the Dinosaur Dock, because come on, it’s a fricken’ dinosaur, but it’s pretty damn close.
Seeing as custom felt cases are quickly becoming the “cool thing” to have on your iPhone, I had no choice but to post this amazing first look at the hand embroidered Xbox 360 felt iPhone case and included key chain controller.
For both the case and the key chain you’ll be shelling out $45. Subtract $10 if you don’t care for the controller key chain.
What up south paws? Gaming controllers got you down? Lack the coordination in your right hand to successfully tap out the X Y B A buttons? Who decided to call it the “right” hand anyway. We say, it’s the WRONG hand. UNH! In yo face!
Master modder Ben Heck busted out this awesome swapped Xbox 360 controller, a controller made for people who have a difficult time dealing with the default set-up. The controller also includes an added X Y B A set of buttons on its rear.
Just because your mom used to collect all of those kitschy magnets on the family fridge doesn’t mean all magnets should be burned in a fiery pit. In fact, these Xbox 360 controller magnets could find themselves holding an honorable spot on my fridge.
Each set is $20, so it’ll hardly make a huge dent in your pocket. But it might offer a considerable boost to your dating life. Geeky chicks love this kind of crap.
Any PlayStation junky is all too familiar with the four standard buttons on the PS controllers. These Paperclip Bookmarks take the four iconic symbols and place them on the inside of your book’s pages.
There’s no better way to catch a gamer’s eye than to place symbols that remind him of gaming in random places around the house. The only issue is that these bookmarks might inspire you to read less and game more. Not that that’s too much of a problem.
Heh, you know, this mod is quite pleasant on the eyes despite the lo-tech method it took to make. I mean, you can really turn anything into an iPhone dock by taking an iPod cable, drilling or dremeling out a proper hole for it and running it through the plastic back out to your computer. That’s really all it takes. Sega Saturn dock, anyone?
Live near a Gamestop? Most likely since they’re more common than McDonald’s these days. The retailer is selling a new silver-colored DualShock 3 controller for the PS3 now. It’s $55 and will get you nothing but street cred*.
*- Actual street cred may vary.
I’d like to share with you a bit of my childhood. After I bitched enough that SEGA Genesis wasn’t making the grade, my parents got me a Super Nintendo. A few years later, I would be in Babbages (remember those before GameStop bought ‘em out?) and spotted this Capcom Pad for the SNES for a mere $14.99. I bought it.
Apparently this controller is worth a little money nowadays if you have a sealed version. I don’t know why. It basically made it downright impossible to play some games. The only title I managed to sucessfully use it with happened to be F-Zero. Nonetheless, it still brings me back to the days of useless peripherals and 16-bit graphics.
So you thought Microsoft was gonna steal the show at E3 with its ‘Project Natal‘ demo? Wrong! Sony swept into E3 yesterday and showed off its version of full-body motion control, appropriately titled “The PlayStation Motion Controller.” The new controller is a stick and according to Gizmodo, it’s the best motion control yet. Fast and accurate, it uses the PS Eye camera to track your movement.
Unfortunately, it’s scheduled for a 2010 release. Can you wait that long? It’s a little too long of a wait for yours truly.
Take a good look at this photo. Do you see what I see? If you said “tits“, then you’re close, but no cigar. I’m talking about that thing on Morgan Webb’s lap. It’s the upcoming DJ Hero controller and judging by the look of things, I’m not very impressed. It looks cheap and rather bland if you ask me. I guess the only way we’ll really find out is to wait for the damn game to be released.
