The Joystiq Weekend: August 9 - 10, 2008
by Ross Miller 
{ Aug 10th 2008 at 11:59PM }
Joystiquery
The Best of Big Download: July 27-August 10, 2008
Japanese hardware sales, July 28 - Aug. 3: Olympic observation edition
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 8/04 - 8/10
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup revisits the classics
X3F rallies around Braid, demands your consideration
News
Nintendo releases third-party sales chart, NPD clarifies some details
Famitsu reveals Captain Rainbow details
North American Gamestops to catch Palkia/Dialga DS Lite
Dyack: Too Human campaign will take "around fifteen hours"
New Wolfenstein game will not feature Hitler
Former Flagship Studios Seattle team becomes Runic Games
Associated Press reveals new Star Trek Online details
Warhammer Online team developed 250 classes, kept 20
Star Trek Online gameplay trailer debuts
Rise of the Argonauts "Departure" trailer is mythologically delicious
Culture & Community
GayGamer's E3 scrapbook series
Modder brings touchscreen support to PSP
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SPAGHETTI @ Aug 11th 2008 12:15AM
bitches dont know bout ma power pad skittles
samfish @ Aug 11th 2008 1:01AM
Well, at least you didn't say, "First!"
Jawmuncher @ Aug 11th 2008 12:31AM
AVGN did it best
Wiinterfang @ Aug 11th 2008 12:45AM
Huh?
j.howlett @ Aug 11th 2008 1:12AM
aw man, we would get 6 people on the power pad at the same time.
Firtch @ Aug 11th 2008 1:41AM
Mine's been folded up for years. I bet if I took it out it would crack and crumble. But yeah, I remember the 6-person crew game, I think it was.
PhydeWice @ Aug 11th 2008 2:07AM
It works better when it's plugged in.
Gavin @ Aug 11th 2008 2:36AM
Powerpad...what a stupid gimmick. That type of stuff ended up buried in a closet somewhere or donated to the thrift store. Nobody would be stupid enough to fall for something like that...would they.....would they?!?!?!
Titanium_Orchid @ Aug 11th 2008 2:55AM
somebody is going to slip and break something...
hvnlysoldr @ Aug 11th 2008 3:33AM
I wanted to try that like jumping off the pad for the long jumps, but my dad simply refused to let me cheat. He actually beat me in many of the game's events since he actually learned the controls better than me.
xx Beta Max xx @ Aug 11th 2008 4:20AM
Who knew the bass player for the Strokes also likes power-padding (verb).
ShadowXOR @ Aug 11th 2008 4:36AM
Looks dangerous.
ShadowXOR @ Aug 11th 2008 4:36AM
Looks dangerous.
ShadowXOR @ Aug 11th 2008 4:41AM
Sorry for the double post, please delete that.
AwesomeTown @ Aug 11th 2008 7:17AM
I never had the power pad with my NES and really never wanted one. The zapper was enough for me.
SirFishouse @ Aug 11th 2008 7:43AM
I never wanted one of these. I saw all the circles and was like WTF... If they put an UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT and maybe a TRIANGLE X CIRCLE or SQUARE, Then maybe i would have bought one back then. MAYBE...
SirFishouse @ Aug 11th 2008 7:45AM
And a START SELECT too. Maybe...
Nate @ Aug 11th 2008 8:28AM
What's that guy doing using his feet for the thing? Doesn't he know you get a lot better results if you kneel next to it and pound your fists on it? We could run twice as fast and jump twice as far when you didn't have to worry about lifting your whole leg or body :)