Skip to Content

Summer Budget Travel Tips from Gadling
AOL Games

Device converts controller rumble to electric shocks

"How much better would games such as Mortal Kombat or Streetfighter [sic] be if you were ELECTROCUTED each time you were hit!" No, that's not a rhetorical question (though our answer would be "not at all better") ... it's the web site introduction to the Mindwire V5, a new British product that replaces those annoyingly rough rumbling controller sensation with a series of gentle, soothing electric shocks. Ahhh, bliss.

Using a special controller converter (pictured) and a series of five adhesive pads, the V5 sends force-feedback activated shocks that the web site compares to those of a muscle toning machine. While the device will work with practically any game, the site recommends using it to enhance fighters and first-person shooters (just be sure to stay away from Rez)

Though the site advertises plenty of safety features, the litany of warnings makes us worry about how safe this device actually is. It's probably moot for us, though --- at £99 (about $196), this one is only for well-off masochists.

Also see: Military sim "shoots" back

[Via Pocket Lint, Thanks Foolio]

Tags: electric, electricity, mindwire, rumble, shock, shocking, V5

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joystiq Features





Featured Galleries

Doc Louis' Punch-Out!!

Doc Louis' Punch-Out!!

Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta DLC

Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta DLC

Baseball Slugger: Home Run Race 3D (iPhone)

Baseball Slugger: Home Run Race 3D (iPhone)

Left 4 Dead 2 (07/10/09)

Left 4 Dead 2 (07/10/09)

Command & Conquer 4

Command & Conquer 4

Seven Haunted Seas

Seven Haunted Seas

Left 4 Dead 2 cricket bat

Left 4 Dead 2 cricket bat

Halo 3: Citadel, Heretic, Longshore

Halo 3: Citadel, Heretic, Longshore

Lost Planet 2 (7/07/09)

Lost Planet 2 (7/07/09)

 


Joystiq Podcast


New episodes every Friday! Now playing: Joystiq Podcast 100, for Friday, July 10.



Archive | RSS | iTunes