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Hideous Custom Red Dead Redemption Controllers Were The Reward For Doing Something Good

5:20AM November 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

For winning the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event Rockstar Games held on November 18, Florida’s Alvin Ogando walked away with a pair of custom PlayStation 3 controllers that look like someone tossed them in a clothes dryer with a black Sharpie. Congratulations? More »

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Japan Gets Official Uncharted 3 Control Pad

2:45PM September 6, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

On November 2, the same day the game is released, Japan will be getting this fancy, limited edition DualShock 3 bearing the colours and livery of upcoming action game Uncharted 3. More »

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The Evolution Of The PlayStation Control Pad

2:00PM June 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

It’s perhaps the most iconic design in the world of game controllers, and definitely the longest-serving. Today in Total Recall, we look back at over 15 years of PlayStation control pads. More »

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Imagining What Sony’s Next Controller (And Its Box) Will Look Like

7:30PM April 18, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

My dork tendencies run a little… stranger than most. While I enjoy looking at things like mock-ups of new control pads, for example, I prefer looking at a mock-up of the packaging for said controller. More »

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PS3 Seamheads Get A Custom Controller When MLB 11 Arrives

10:00AM December 17, 2010 | Owen Good

To go with its new analogue controls, MLB 11 The Show is going on a new controller – this baseball-themed DualShock, timed to release with the game on March 8. More »

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Pink DualShocks? They’re For Girls!

10:00AM September 22, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Or so implies the latest email from the folks at PlayStation, who are clearly aware that pink plastic video game accessories are not cross-gender compatible. As seen in my email inbox.

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What Do The Buttons On The PlayStation Controller Mean?

4:30PM August 26, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The buttons on PlayStation controllers have always been a bit of a mystery. Why those weird colours? Why those wacky shapes? PlayStation designer Teiyu Goto explains. More »

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DualShock Coffee Table Does Not Support Motion Control

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11:00AM August 24, 2010 | David Wildgoose

The best Year 12 Industrial Technology project you’ll ever see, as seen on Overclockers Australia. More »

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The Beautiful Anatomy Of A Video Game Controller

8:40AM August 5, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

What lies beneath the plastic skin of your PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers? If concept artist Mads Peitersen was designing the gamepads we play with, they’d be bony, fleshy living things with teeth. More »

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The Evolution Of Game Controllers

1:00PM June 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Scott Johnson chronicles the long strange trip from Pong paddle to motion-sensed human, leaving the commentary up to you. As seen on ExtraLife. Thanks, Jon! More »