Comments on: Joydick Atari game controller http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 23:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cotylynn http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405251 cotylynn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405251 Ha, I want this. Ha, I want this.

]]> By: mc http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405254 mc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405254 Do they have an accelerometer based masturbation app for the iPhone yet? Do they have an accelerometer based masturbation app for the iPhone yet?

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405255 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405255 All my friends laughed at me when they threw those <i>Dance Dance Revolution</i> and <i>Guitar Hero</i> parties and I had no dance or music skills... ...well I'll show them now! All my friends laughed at me when they threw those Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero parties and I had no dance or music skills…

…well I’ll show them now!

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-406286 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-406286 Spikeles@19: Don't you mean Flash<i>cock</i>? Anybody remember the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqN6749QqtA" rel="nofollow">iBrator</a>? Added a whole new meaning to "She Comes In Colors" Rolling Stones soundtrack to the original lollipop iMac commercials. Spikeles@19: Don’t you mean Flashcock?

Anybody remember the iBrator? Added a whole new meaning to “She Comes In Colors” Rolling Stones soundtrack to the original lollipop iMac commercials.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405779 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405779 There was a game for the Commodore 64 called <a href="http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=142" rel="nofollow">Stroker</a> [NSFW] which had a similar principle, only without the specialized hardware. There was a game for the Commodore 64 called Stroker [NSFW] which had a similar principle, only without the specialized hardware.

]]> By: Matt Staggs http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405793 Matt Staggs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405793 Any chance you could put this video after a jump? I'm no prude....but my employers I can't vouch for. Any chance you could put this video after a jump? I’m no prude….but my employers I can’t vouch for.

]]> By: chunk http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-406049 chunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-406049 wow. minutes of fun. get a date. wow. minutes of fun. get a date.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405292 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405292 Wasn't this in a Cherry Poptart comic awhile back? Wasn’t this in a Cherry Poptart comic awhile back?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-406080 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-406080 That's just a bunch of retro junk. We need the wiinis and the wiigina! That’s just a bunch of retro junk. We need the wiinis and the wiigina!

]]> By: ymr049c http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405618 ymr049c Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405618 This is one of those jokes that is (maybe) funny to tell your friends when you think of it, but doesn't hold up for repeating. Without some hook to take it further, a big gong. This is one of those jokes that is (maybe) funny to tell your friends when you think of it, but doesn’t hold up for repeating. Without some hook to take it further, a big gong.

]]> By: ZoopyFunk http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405127 ZoopyFunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405127 An excellent post to follow 12-year old girl mistaken for hooker. LAMEDASHO Stupidest product ever. Not wonderful, IMO. An excellent post to follow 12-year old girl mistaken for hooker.

LAMEDASHO Stupidest product ever. Not wonderful, IMO.

]]> By: merreborn http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405383 merreborn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405383 Unfortunately, boingboing does not determine the screencap shown on the embedded player -- that's up to youtube. Boingboing's only option, re: removing said screencap from the homepage, would be removing the embedded player entirely. Unfortunately, boingboing does not determine the screencap shown on the embedded player — that’s up to youtube.

Boingboing’s only option, re: removing said screencap from the homepage, would be removing the embedded player entirely.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405131 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405131 Wait. . . you slip your god-given joystick inside it? How the hell are you supposed to improve eye-hand coordination if you're going blind?! Wait. . . you slip your god-given joystick inside it? How the hell are you supposed to improve eye-hand coordination if you’re going blind?!

]]> By: deadpanwalking http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405643 deadpanwalking Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405643 Using this device, the game of Centipede at first is kind of fun. Then it gets very fun. Then very very fun. Then suddenly, not so fun anymore... Using this device, the game of Centipede at first is kind of fun. Then it gets very fun. Then very very fun. Then suddenly, not so fun anymore…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405645 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405645 Mr.Garrison already designed the car like this. Anyways, what's the point of a game control that never lets you get a higher score than 30? Mr.Garrison already designed the car like this.

Anyways, what’s the point of a game control that never lets you get a higher score than 30?

]]> By: ZoopyFunk http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405135 ZoopyFunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405135 When TinyNibbles and BB post the same thing on the same day, does that mean the earth is about to split? When TinyNibbles and BB post the same thing on the same day, does that mean the earth is about to split?

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405142 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405142 What is LAMEDASHO? It would be interesting to read a psychoanalyst view on this thing. Anyway, let's take this with a sense of humor. What is LAMEDASHO?

It would be interesting to read a psychoanalyst view on this thing.

Anyway, let’s take this with a sense of humor.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405151 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405151 It's a zoopyfunkalicious way to spell lame-o! It’s a zoopyfunkalicious way to spell lame-o!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405154 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405154 When do we get a car that works this way? When do we get a car that works this way?

]]> By: valdis http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405159 valdis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405159 @6: "When do we get a car that works this way?" What, that's NOT how they control those cars with the hydraulics that bounce up and down and up and down? @6: “When do we get a car that works this way?”

What, that’s NOT how they control those cars with the hydraulics that bounce up and down and up and down?

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405674 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405674 ATTN: Boing Boing is NSFW. That is all. ATTN: Boing Boing is NSFW.

That is all.

]]> By: StRevAlex http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405164 StRevAlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405164 Perfect, considering that playing video games is pretty much masturbation anyway. Perfect, considering that playing video games is pretty much masturbation anyway.

]]> By: Gambrinous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405169 Gambrinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405169 Some people have too much time on their hands... Hands I hope they wash after. :| Some people have too much time on their hands… Hands I hope they wash after. :|

]]> By: Shane http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405170 Shane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405170 As someone who browses from work and home (where little mutants lurk) I politely request a different screengrab or alternate image be substituted. Thanks! As someone who browses from work and home (where little mutants lurk) I politely request a different screengrab or alternate image be substituted.

Thanks!

]]> By: Spikeles http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405427 Spikeles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405427 If you use Firefox, get an addon called <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433" rel="nofollow">Flashblock</a>. It replaces the entire flash movie with a big play button, so you don't see the actual flash object( and therefore no NSFW preview images ) till you click play. If you use Firefox, get an addon called Flashblock. It replaces the entire flash movie with a big play button, so you don’t see the actual flash object( and therefore no NSFW preview images ) till you click play.

]]> By: techfever http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-415411 techfever Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-415411 OMG, this is just to cool :) And for those joydick fans that wanna read this in German ... here u go: http://www.techfieber.de/2009/02/10/do-it-yourself-joydick-der-penis-joystick/ OMG, this is just to cool :) And for those joydick fans that wanna read this in German … here u go: http://www.techfieber.de/2009/02/10/do-it-yourself-joydick-der-penis-joystick/

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405439 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405439 <i>Centipede</i> is all well and good, but there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_%27Em_and_Eat_%27Em">other games</a> that would be more appropriate for this demo, IMO. Centipede is all well and good, but there are other games that would be more appropriate for this demo, IMO.

]]> By: gtron http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405953 gtron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405953 the vid-game industry comes full circle (-jerk). wankers. the vid-game industry comes full circle (-jerk). wankers.

]]> By: Chas44 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405192 Chas44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405192 eBay Atari 2600 sales now up by 300%. eBay Atari 2600 sales now up by 300%.

]]> By: Scuba SM http://boingboing.net/2009/02/09/joydick-atari-game-c.html#comment-405196 Scuba SM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-405196 Think this will change the focus from speed runs to marathon runs? Think this will change the focus from speed runs to marathon runs?

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