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It’s good to touch

News by James Frazer, published on Wednesday 20th June 2007

No no no, we’re not posting up that picture of a fat Mario with his hands fumbling around in his trousers, again. Forget your dualshocks and stick the Wiimote where the sun doesn’t shine, because intimate controllers are the future of videogaming and you heard it here first.

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In what really IS fun for ‘all’ the family, partners don undergarments fitted with sensors, and control images on the screen located nearby by touching each sensor. Thankfully, for men at least, sensors are located on both breasts, and as we all know it’s essential to have a good firm grip on the controller, as is playing for no less than 8 hours at a time. Girls have sensors around the short and curlies on the men’s boxer shorts, though the same rules about a good tight grip don’t apply.

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Here’s some quotes for you to read whilst we go test out these controllers, for research purposes obviously.

The goal of this project was to research and create objects that challenge the traditional notions and orientation of video game play.

I made a pong controller that was made from a bra. The mapping for the controller was simple - touching the left breast made the pong paddle go left and the right breast made the paddle go right. I then found out about a phenomenon called gamer widowhood where men essentially abandoned their wives to play video games night and day. I wanted to create a type of video game play that would center around a couple’s intimacy and where two people would touch each other in order to play the game.

There are two controllers. The woman’s controller is a bra with 6 sensors. The man’s controller is a pair of shorts with 6 sensors. Man stands behind woman and each has access to others sensors.

Read more and see the video’s advertising these unique controllers here.

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