So someone sent me a link to this forum thread over on the Playstation boards, and I was instantly blown away by what’s been accomplished here. A user who goes by KitsuneNoYume is disabled and sadly unable to use his hands well enough to get his game on. So what’s he do? Like some sort of Mad scientist he creates a controller that he can play with his feet, hands and mouth. There are straws, cutting boards, tables, switches, wires and all sorts of stuff making this work. Seriously, this guy needs to get hired by NASA or something.

So I’m reading through this and scanning the pics and while it’s beyond impressive there’s a part of me that just wonders how precise can the controls really be. I mean it probably works great for certain titles, and be fine for games like Jeopardy and such, but can it really replace the standard controller? Well, he posted a video showing off the contraption and how it all works. At the end of it there’s a quick pan over to the TV and what game is he playing? Wipeout fucking HD. A game so twitch-sensitive that a good number of able-bodied people can’t manage it.

My hats off to you my friend, you’re a gamer in every sense of the word and it’s stories like this that make me proud to be able to consider myself a fellow gamer. We can certainly be a cynical bunch but damn if we ain’t resourceful!