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TN Games Brings Real Head Trauma Fun To PC Shooters
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 1:18 PM on January 11, 2008
Apparently, many of you have been demanding a "full body experience" and want to beaten about the head and shoulders by bladders filled with compressed air. At least, that's what I've been led to believe by the folks at TN Games, who were showing off their 3rd Space HXT Gear, which consists of a force feedback vest and helmet. You can most likely gather that the helmet excels at developing perfect helmet hair, effectively blinding hippie/emo/dirtball types, but what's not apparent in photos is that the device simulates 360 degrees of harsh noogies more accurately than any other force feedback helmet I've ever worn.
The HXT set up did make for a fun little diversion, as that goofball smile on my face wasn't forced. The sensation of getting shot in the head without actually giving up brain matter is oddly exhilarating, if at times uncomfortable for the skull. The vest feedback wasn't as jarring and the TN Games team said they were planning on less intense "force cell" hardware for the final helmet, for those worried about too much cranial abuse.
It currently works with two titles, Call of Duty 2 and the company's own Incursion—which is not so good—but they're planning for support in a bunch of shooters, including Half-Life, Doom and Quake titles.
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Doshu
Posted 9:38 PM 10/1/08
@McWhertor: So, any word on the crotch-grab version being unveiled for MGS4 @ TGS?
Doshu
Fstrike
Posted 9:26 PM 10/1/08
bet he helmet would vibrate like crazy if you were playing Fight Night or got shot in the head from a sniper rifle =p
Fstrike
Jetter
Posted 9:01 PM 10/1/08
This reminds me of that VR Vest that you could buy for your SNES that would essentially vibrate the sounds of the game through a speaker in the vest that would cause you to feel the vibrations. It worked well with fighting games....but not much else.
Jetter
dowingba
Posted 8:56 PM 10/1/08
If everyone had one of these, eventually every gamer would be like FPS Doug and when he loses to that guy at Lanageddon.
dowingba
huginn
Posted 8:32 PM 10/1/08
Buy one of these, or play Lair.. buy one of these, play Lair.
Both cause the same effect in the end, market it under 60 dollars and you got your self a sale!
huginn
ChickenOfTheSea
Posted 8:16 PM 10/1/08
Maybe if this can run on a PS2, I'll give Persona 3 a look...
ChickenOfTheSea
davem90
Posted 7:59 PM 10/1/08
I just pay homeless people to punch me.
davem90
Sariah
Posted 7:50 PM 10/1/08
Every time I see something like this, I imagine some appalled teacher asking where her student got so many bruises. "I was playing video games with Daddy"
Sariah
DamienMagi
Posted 7:48 PM 10/1/08
I only see one practical use for this...
Crank it up to max settings and let the serious disipline training to begin.
DamienMagi
atomicstrawberry
Posted 7:39 PM 10/1/08
So I guess this is the ultimate accessory for the assholes who like to tell Guitar Hero players to 'learn to play a real instrument'?
atomicstrawberry
Sugoi
Posted 7:35 PM 10/1/08
Needs Persona 3 compatibility! When I burn my dread, I need to feel it!
Sugoi
Kirbytheslayer: See what I did there?
Posted 7:32 PM 10/1/08
@multimoog: I want this more than I wanted Motion sensing.
I've always wanted to feel like I'm in the game.
When they can do this, and convince my brain that I'm smelling and seeing those places, I'll be much happier.
Kirbytheslayer: See what I did there?
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Posted 7:28 PM 10/1/08
@okenny :):
ROFL!!! Well that says a lot of your front side.. who knows whats gone bad in your back.
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
K-Squad
Posted 7:22 PM 10/1/08
Right, and when you Team-Kill it gives you a good shot in the gonads right?
K-Squad
okenny :)
Posted 7:22 PM 10/1/08
@Shindokie (psn and xbl): Don't say it like that! *blush* I'm still a virgin in the mouth *bats eyes*
okenny :)
Maiken
Posted 7:22 PM 10/1/08
didn't they make one of these a while back? accept it was more for kids, and looked even more dorky.
Maiken
myd12
Posted 7:17 PM 10/1/08
sweet stuff. I may pick this up
myd12
raychie
Posted 7:13 PM 10/1/08
first sentence--want to be beaten, i assume, not want to beaten.
raychie
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Posted 7:12 PM 10/1/08
@Tyber_Zann:
Hahaha. I can't stop laughing at that picture. But yes you or WE could make millions bwahaha.
@okenny :):
You would like that huh?
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Witzbold
Posted 7:12 PM 10/1/08
@McWhertor: Shaken not stirred? ;D
Yeah I was wondering about having something on your head giving "force feedback" was healthy or not lol
Witzbold
huxle
Posted 7:11 PM 10/1/08
I can't wait to try this out with "Swirly Bully 3000"!
huxle
chewbenator
Posted 7:10 PM 10/1/08
awww, he looks like a special kid! That would be pretty cool, if it didn't cost too much and was accurate enough to turn your character around if you get hit in the back.
chewbenator
Tyber_Zann
Posted 7:09 PM 10/1/08
@McWhertor: Hehe, that's even better. Do people actually get paid to write that stuff? I could make millions.
Tyber_Zann
McWhertor
Posted 7:08 PM 10/1/08
@Tyber_Zann: "Get Pounded On Your Own Terms" is the logo, I believe.
McWhertor
Tyber_Zann
Posted 7:04 PM 10/1/08
@Shindokie (psn and xbl): Did you also notice that behind McWhertor it says "Pound Ur Own"?
This has to make the rounds on the interwebz. For great justice!
Tyber_Zann
okenny :)
Posted 7:01 PM 10/1/08
I wonder if there's a mouth piece attachment so if it's ever bought to the console space, you can experience the sensation of a tea-bagging session.
okenny :)
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Posted 7:01 PM 10/1/08
Hahaha that picture is priceless i shall now make it my desk top picture.
Shindokie (psn and xbl)
Tyber_Zann
Posted 7:01 PM 10/1/08
@PITwelve: Your quote and icon both win. A cake for you, and no, its not a lie.
Tyber_Zann
PITwelve
Posted 6:58 PM 10/1/08
I hate "hippie/emo/dirtball types"! Those are the worst!
PITwelve
Moonshadow101
Posted 6:57 PM 10/1/08
I've got a plan.
Write to your favorite game developer and demand that they start including sex scenes in their games.
Once most games include Sex scenes, start e-mailing TN games demanding a more accurate full-body experience.
I think it could work. Get moving, people.
Moonshadow101
multimoog
Posted 6:56 PM 10/1/08
No. When are people going to get that this kind of thing is not wanted/needed?
No!
multimoog
Xiedo
Posted 6:56 PM 10/1/08
Where is the groin and lower body harness? For those who want the "full" experience?
Xiedo
Tyber_Zann
Posted 6:56 PM 10/1/08
I forgot to add: do I get the feedback of a headcrab humping my head in Half-Life 2? That's the real question.
Tyber_Zann
Tyber_Zann
Posted 6:54 PM 10/1/08
Awesome, I get the feeling of my brains blown out, WITHOUT the suicide? Brilliance! In for five!
Tyber_Zann
Sparkamus
Posted 11:36 PM 10/1/08
The odd thing about a head shot in real life is that, more often than not, you don't feel it.
Sparkamus
Gouki4u
Posted 10:08 PM 10/1/08
I'm holding out for the force feedback codpiece.
Gouki4u
neojam
Posted 12:01 AM 11/1/08
lol @MCWHERTOR
With that helmet & west you look like one of the security personnel from black mesa!
neojam
explodingman
Posted 3:07 AM 11/1/08
Call me crazy but it would seem odd to buy a peripheral that I would hope to never feel while playing my games.
I mean the point is to be the one doing the pwning, not feeling the experience of getting pwned.
explodingman