Forget Wiimotes, we need beer controllers

by Christopher Grant { Jul 5th 2006 at 5:55PM }

Wired News' Lore Sjöberg considers the popularity of novelty controllers like the Guitar Hero axe and Nintendo's revolutionary console controller ("and its myriad attachments") and follows it to its logical conclusion: we need a beer controller!

Well, he doesn't arrive right at beer controller. His argument evolves from action-figure controller ("Remember when you'd take two action figures and 'make them fight'"?) to brick controller ("It would be great to have a game where you take down enemies by heaving an actual brick at them. I guess it would have to be a foam brick ...") to a roadie controller ("And the controller for all this exciting work in the world of sweaty entertainment? Your trusty Leatherman, of course.") ultimately arriving at the delicious, refreshing beer controller, of which Sjöberg pines, "The controller could have a light that goes off when you're supposed to drink, a tilt sensor to make sure you're drinking, and a motion sensor to call 911 when you drop it due to the onset of alcohol poisoning."

Then, and only then, would we buy the whole gaming addiction thing. Make it happen, Nintendo.

[Via Boing Boing]

Tags: Controllers, Guitar Hero, GuitarHero, Lore Sjöberg, LoreSjöberg, Wired

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Adam Campbell @ Jul 5th 2006 6:15PM

I'm sure Itagaki would probably be working on this right now, if only beer gave him ideas!

mrchu @ Jul 5th 2006 6:26PM

but what about those of us that dont like beer and prefer takin shots?? they should just make both a shot and beer mug avalible ina combo pack

Darrel @ Jul 5th 2006 6:29PM

They should have a Jimmy Olsen Drinking game as a flagship title. :D

tactics @ Jul 5th 2006 7:05PM

dude. THIS is what the family guy game should have! i play the family guy drinking game all the time... it'd be nice to have lights and sensors and automation... we usually get so wasted after like 2 episodes that we don't even knwo what the fuck we're doing anymore...

btw for anyone who hasn't heard of it, the family guy drinking game is played with a list of "occurrences" (from episodes) and the number of "drinks" you take when one occurs. ie: lois in lingerie? chug!
you can find these pint glasses at novelty stores like spencer's (here in cali...)

-"superfan" tactics.

Moogle @ Jul 5th 2006 7:53PM

I started reading that article when it popped up on the RSS feed. I really don't understand that kind of humor, the whole thing just came off as pathetically stupid to me. I'm guessing it's just my sense of humor anyway. I can't tell if the thinks the controller fad is stupid and is making fun of it, or if he thinks it's interesting and is making fun of it. It seems the entire point is he'd rather be drunk. Maybe it'd help.