January 10, 2008
Mindwire: Metal Gear shocked me in the nuts!
Mindwire: Metal Gear shocked me in the nuts!
DISCLAIMER: Don't fucking buy this. It is unsafe, there are no claims of isolation from the controller side, and you sure as shit don't wanna "connect it anywhere on your body". That being said, enjoy my blog post about it and please link to me as much as possible 'cause my hit count is in the shitter lately.
Leave it to someone outside the US to produce something so incredibly lawsuit worthy a million lawyers just totally ripped ninja boners.
The MindWire v5. Looks innocuous enough while sitting in its box, right?
Just wait 'til you put it on.
Yup. It's electrodes that go on your body to make your muscles spasm any time game controllers rumble. This is not a new idea by any means; the original SexBox project was based off the XShox homebrew project which is basically the same idea, except even more ghetto. However, the key word there was "homebrew". This is being manufactured, and is such a fucking bad idea.
The thing is, they don't even say as such on the front page. In fact, they even say:
Connect up to 5 small self adhesive pads to your arms, legs and stomach and feel the sensory feedback that mimics the game action.
Yes! Cross all sorts of paths right over your vital organs, all of which run off electrical pulses to keep your dumb ass alive!
Unfortunately, the idiot part of me really wants to get this and a 3rd Space Vest and make a bitchin' BDSM video game setup.
The MindWire v5, available now, only from their website (big surprise), for £129.99 + postage & packing. It's your funeral.
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January 7, 2008
Rez HD and the return of Trance Vibration
Ah, trance vibrator, your legacy shall never die.
So, for those of you not familiar with the trance vibrator, check out the video games portion of my AE talk or the Rez Trancevibrator page on Opendildonics.
Rez HD is on its way to XBox Live Arcade, and it has now been announced that if you have any extra controllers hooked up to your XBox 360, they will pulsate with the rhythm of the game. That's right, up to 3 extra vibrating controllers to keep in your... "shirt pocket". Now, you're probably thinking, "Hey, wait, a controller can't be comfortable!". But just look at what people managed to do with the old Playstation controllers, which were much less... ergonomic?
Unfortunately, it will most likely not work with the old PS2 Trancevibe and the Drmn Trance Vibe. However, if you /are/ looking for drivers and programs for that, keep an eye on my libtrancevibe project on SourceForge, which is about to see v1.0 release as soon as I can get around to packaging up the installers.
Rez HD Info/Picture via Kotaku
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