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Now’s A Great Time To Pick Up Those PlayStation 3 Add-Ons You’ve Been Eyeing

6:30AM December 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn’t you know Sony’s Play Days sale was coming? More »

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Fighting Games Look Easier When They’re Nothing But Buttons

6:30PM September 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The kids at Hit Box got in touch over the weekend to show us this video of their custom fight stick in action. And as someone who sucks at fighting games, I am interested. More »

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The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers In Pretty Poster Form

1:40AM September 7, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Brooklyn-based Pop Chart Lab’s latest poster is another attempt to show the lineage of video game controllers, from the twin sticks of Spacewar! to the lonely, somewhat sui generis Wii U tablet sitting lonely at the bottom. A signed and numbered print will run you just 24 clams. More »

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The PS3 Pad That Copies The 360′s Controller

9:00PM September 5, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

While there have been adapters allowing you to use 360 pads on a PS3 for a while now (and vice versa), it’s not often you see a controller released that promises to literally copy one platform’s pad and replicate it on another. More »

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Soon Your PS3 Controller Can Look Like A Robot Ninja Octopus

12:00PM August 24, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It looks crazy but it just might work. N-Control has opened up preorders for the PlayStation 3 version of its Avenger controller cover, adding levers, pulleys and other odds and ends to a controller design that’s worked perfectly well for over a decade. More »

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Mad Catz’s Major League Gaming Controllers Can Change The Way You Play

11:30AM August 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With swappable thumb sticks and directional pads, a special compartment for adjusting weight, and a cable that unscrews from the base when not in use, the Mad Catz Official Major League Gaming Pro-Circuit Controller is a serious controller for the serious gamer. More »

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The WWE All Stars Mad Catz Brawl Pad, A Guest Review

10:00AM June 28, 2011 | Andrew Monkelban

Writer Andrew Monkelban knows a lot about the ins and outs of video game controllers. As a gamer who happens to be disabled, Andrew uses a variety of game pads and sticks to play video games like Final Fantasy XIII… on a WWE All Stars game pad. In his first guest review, Andy explains the benefits of Mad Catz’s latest Brawl Pad. More »

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Power A’s Tiny Controllers For Tiny Hands

3:40AM June 9, 2011 | matt buchanan

Mike got to use Power A’s slightly shrinkified controllers back in January – the PS3 and Xbox models are fine, but it’s the 20 per cent smaller, totally rubberised Wii remote that’s a surprise dynamo. And it lasts longer than before, with AA batteries replacing last year’s AAA. More »

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Nyko’s Charge Base S For Xbox 360 Improves On The Unimprovable

7:07AM March 17, 2011 | Jason Chen

The original Nyko Charge Base was like my personal team doctor, making sure my controllers were ready and charged for game time. But could Nyko improve on something that’s near perfect? (Yup.) [Gizmodo]

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The Bizarre Legend Of Zelda Controller We’ll Never Play With

12:00PM February 15, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

You could have played GameCube (and Wii) game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with a very rare video game controller feature: a belt buckle. This is the never-produced Legend of Zelda controller from Nubytech. More »