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The Ergonomics of Controllers

Posted by Zonk on from the ow-my-thumb-hurts! dept.

Rahul Choudhury writes "Over the years, the controller device we use as our extra limb into the world of gaming has evolved from joystick to d-pad, analogue control, and touchscreen. Gamingredients investigated the pros and cons of a variety of controllers from Colecovision to Xbox (and expressed their scores in flavours of coffee)."

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  1. I agree for the most part by Pluvius · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The only problems I had with it are that he gushes over the weak Dreamcast controller like Nerdshoe, and the Dual Shock part looks like it was written by a completely different person from the Dual Shock 2 one (I agree with the former, though I disagree with his verdict concerning the Select and L3 buttons). Besides that, I think this is pretty good, especially since he has the courage to speak the truth and say that the GameCube controller sucks.

    Rob