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SBFord
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Innovation is a good thing but often it is masked behind the "do we really need this...really?" face that we adopt on looking at the latest techno-toy. In today's Coyote's Howling, we take a look at good ideas gone bad. See what you think and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
As I've stated accurately the past, the number of people who actively subscribe to an MMORPG has tripled every year, giving us over 167 billion gamers in the United States alone. With those painstakingly researched numbers in mind, the market for peripherals associated with gaming has exploded in an attempt to keep up with our constant demand for newer and cooler gadgets.
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Made me laugh, I got a Razor 17 button gaming mouse for Christmas but have been reluctant, unwilling, afraid to open the package. I have enough trouble with the DVR remote, how the heck am I ever going to use this thing?
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I've got the Razor Naga, and I love it
It comes with little 'trainer' pads you can attach to the buttons to help you learn where they are, but I must admit that I can only comfortably use the first six buttons without straining my thumb.
By looking at the picture, I think that mouse doubles as a cell phone or something.
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Damn Coyote....you are the man. Always make me laugh at work. And my co-workers wonder why I'm crazy.
I love my Razer Naga. Couldn't imagine playing a tabtargeting MMO without it ever again.
You should try it out, Coyote. It took me about 2 weeks to get my thumb "reprogrammed" to use the buttons (I usually only use the 9 first) but after that they came as second nature.
A glove ? Is that all?
Why not a suit ? With changing leds and build in micromotors with forceback possibility. Should go ninja on your ass together with a kinect equipement. A sort of Crysis armor with extended functionality ? The possibilities would be unendless.
Hm ... and what if you looked to your porn-channel with that ?
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That 5 million button mouse is the devil in an unassumeing package! First of all, the button placement has your thumb doing things that should be only reserved for freaky video porn glasses viewing.
Secondly, if your thumb is any bigger than a toddlers, you better hope you dont have instant cast, "ooops I didnt mean to pull that boss early!" buttons programmed onto any of those buttons.
Third, I am sorry but anyone that says "hey once you train your thumb to move unnaturally, it works great" has issues. Why isnt it a warning on the box? Warning!: You may have to force parts of the bone structure to reform to use properly.
Personally what I want to see is a mouse side design like pad with 1-11 touch buttons...i dunno really how it would work but i like the picture im seeing in my head lol
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The Nintendo "power " glove.... I can't believe I begged my parents for that PoS as my main Christmas present.
lol. This was a great article.
Yep nintendo power glove -- I get those traded in to me every once in a while.
Sometimes I think people would want the venom interface. A little bit of space goo that fits your whole body like a glove. Mind contol unfortunately included.
Virtual boy is the other thing... Those units actually were supposed to be walk and play -- but they decided to make them mounted etc for safety purposes.. I guess 100 lawyers go together -- did a collective scream and said "If you have people mindlessly working a device like that in public they will fall down open manholes and sue you -- cue cell phones.
Razer Naga sound like stuff for guitarist. Seriously.
I saw video about new glove some time ago, it doesn't sound bad. It will be like PS move for PC's, nothing else.
"167 billion gamers in the United States alone"
dats a lot of gamers right there...
God, I really shouldn't read your articles whilst at work.
Certainly while considering there are roughly ... 308.745.538 (2010) USA citizens ...
Right ... and the other half are the small children, computer-widows and senile older ?
God, I really shouldn't read your articles, not even whilst at work.
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Wait, you are not allowed to bring a smartphone to work? Is that part of the satire or a genuine thing at your company? And if so, is it common in your country to disallow smartphones at work?
Prolly can't have smartphones for fear of employees stealing ideas.
The balance of what my left and right hand currently do while gaming (heads outta the gutter please) feels fairly even (WASD movement/strafe, some macroed keys and some macroed mouse buttons, look with mouse). The idea that you should pile nearly every possible action button to one digit that probably is not even popular due to evolution, seems like a pompus idea and sponsored by some arthritis medication company.
Awesome article I'm still cheesing.. "I don't even want to image what it would look like if you were in the thrall of a full scale dungeon raid while on the way to work...The last thing we need is a psychotic gamer behind the wheel of a SUV having suicidal thoughts because he lost a roll on a piece of PVP gear." ~V~
For all of you that are apparently offended by Coyote's part on the Razer Naga, get a sense of humor! I have the Naga and love it but it's still funny as hell.
Everyone i know that has the Naga loves it, you should try it.
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Enjoyable read.
17 buttons work better when distributed properly, but just like DVORAK, no one will give a damn, because if it ain't mainstream it ain't worth mah time!
You mean a suit like this...?
Very enjoyable read. Thank you for a good end to a very long day.
The main question in that is.. Do we really need it?
I can't believe the OCZ NIA has not been mentioned. That little device is probably worse than the power glove in terms of delivering.
The OCZ NIA is a headband that detects the slightest forhead muscle movement (they say it scans your brain - lol) so one can move their character without a keyboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPfYDCNoy1c
Many good points even though I still think the glasses have potential (and for other stuff than porn too).
If it wasn't for porn the internet would never have made it big anyways, so MMO players would only consist of collage and universite students like the really first lan gamers. Stuff that starts with porn can turn into useful stuff for gamers eventually.
The glove on the other hand is not something I believe in, while we weren't as hyped for that Nintendo glove in Sweden as the Yanks were I also remember it, together with 3D it was Nintendos most spectacular failure (which BTW is why I don't believe in 3D games much either).