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Turn On Your Light Switch With An Arcade Stick. This Is Living.

I think we all have a hollow piece in the centre of our soul. A hole in our hearts that can only be filled by a light switch that takes the shape of a Joystick and makes lots of cool noises. I cannot, and will not, be happy until I have installed this in every room of my house.


And Then Every Light Switch In My Home Was Replaced With An Arcade Joystick

New at that repository of all things awesome that is ThinkGeek, the Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate transforms your boring light switches into amazing arcade-style joysticks that I would be happy to catch between my shoulder blades on a regular basis.


This Is The Ultimate Custom Arcade Fight Stick… For StarCraft II

Fighting game fans go great lengths to create their own custom arcade controllers, personalised weapons carved from raw passion to wage a war against all comers. What if the same ingenuity and passion were applied to a non-fighting game like StarCraft II? I think it would go a little something like this.


This Transforming Stick Wants To Change The Way You Play Fighting Games

While other hardware manufacturers focus on releasing high-quality arcade fight sticks that follow the same basic formula, Nyko allows players to change everything with the Free Fighter, a $US179.999 programmable fighting game controller with a singular look and a unique modular design.


If Any Property Needs ‘Deluxe Plug It In & Play TV Games’, It’s The Walking Dead

When you’re constantly on the room from hordes of flesh-hungry zombies and the desperate remnants of humanity you don’t have time to lug around an entire game console just to recreate the experience. That’s the only way I can make sense of “Deluxe Plug It In & Play TV Games” based on AMC’s The Walking Dead.


The Atari Arcade Is An Elegant Solution To Retro iPad Gaming

There’s something to be said about attempting to replicate the old-school arcade experience, as Ion attempted to do with the iCade, but sometimes you need something a little sexier. This is the Atari Arcade for the iPad.


Fling Mini Transforms Your iPhone Into A Dual Analogue Gaming Beast

iPhone touchscreen controls suck, and there’s only one way to fight suck: More suck. Ten One Design’s suction cup mounted tactile game controller for the iPhone were created to suck your touchscreen control blues away.


MvC 3 Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition Is Another KO

As sure as winter is followed by spring, the release of a new Capcom console fighting game is followed by a new Tournament Edition Arcade FightStick from Mad Catz. Let’s put the Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 model through its paces.


Let The Beast Show You How To Hold Your Stick

Daigo Umehara. AKA “The Beast”. AKA The best Street Fighter player on Earth. If there’s someone who might have advice on how to improve your game, it’s him.


The Joystick Is BACK, Yo

How we miss the humble joystick! Definitely our preferred control method, at least when it comes to X-Wing. Sadly, the peripheral has been on the wane in recent years…until Mad Catz went mad at CES.


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