Monday, November 24, 2008

The Descent of Man

Here's an interesting...thing: a "game console controller family tree." It traces the video game controller from its humble beginnins in the Intellivision era to the sleek, beautiful modernity of the Wii and Xbox 360 controllers. Mmm...sleekness.

Along the way, you can watch as undesirable traits are weeded out. And by "undesirable traits," I'm talking about this specific controller:

My God...it's hideous! If a jellyfish was knocked up by a Commodore 64 and then drank to the point of fetal alcohol syndrome, this is what the end result would look like.

No comments: