The design of the video game controller as we know it has remained largely the same over the past 20 years: a D-pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons and four shoulder buttons. It ranges from the DualShock of the first PlayStation to the DualSense of the modern PS5 to various Xbox and Nintendo controllers. ...
photo: my box My Nintendo Switch remained largely unplayable for the duration of the pandemic. I bought it in Before Times because I thought it would make a great subway companion. But between the short battery life and the uncomfortable long hold, I just never wanted to play it much. But there might finally be ...
photo: my box If you need a gamepad with a detachable USB-C cable, two rear buttons in a standard Xbox form factor, and only want to spend around $40, consider the Turtle Beach React-R. The React-R feels a little hollow and light, making it feel like the “budget” of “budget” devices here. It also means ...
photo: Gabe Ginsberg (Getty Images) If you live east of the Mississippi and have ever had to send your Switch to Nintendo for Joy-Con drift, then it’s definitely gone through a single repair shop in Syracuse, New York. Although Nintendo handled the process for filing repairs, the actual work was done by a company called ...
photo: Renata Price / Kotaku This is an oversimplification, but Karl Marx argues that factory workers are alienated from the machine they are working on because they do not own it. The mass-produced tool will alienate you from your craft as well. That’s what it’s designed for. Like you, it is supposed to generate the ...
All the colors of the wind. photo: Scuf Gaming Atlanta-based Scuf Gaming has made a name for itself with outstanding third party controllers Xbox One, Series X / S, and Playstation 4. Now the peripheral manufacturer has set its sights on the PlayStation 5 with the new Scuf Reflex line, a trio of powerful PS5 ...
Screenshot: Nintendo The upcoming Mario party superstars on the Switch features 100 mini-games from the series’ long history. One of these, Tug o ‘war, makes a somewhat surprising return after what happened the last time the game could be played with an analog stick. The game, a 1v3 showdown, has one player disguised as a ...
picture: Valve / igamesnews Thumbstick drift is an uncomfortable and frustrating problem this seems to have become more common on some consoles and devices. Valve is aware of these issues and says it is made a series of tests and Choosing high quality and reliable parts to avoid the “risk” of stick drift becoming a ...
