iGUGU Gamecore puts PC games on your TV!

by Justin McElroy on Jan 5th 2010 10:35AM

We're old, angry men now, so it's hard for us not to mock new stuff with only the slightest provocation, but we're going to try to give the iGUGU Gamecore a fair shake. So, for $79.99 you'll get a controller with a trackball and keyboard on it that's been specially designed to play your PC games from the couch. The second part of the system is that it allows you to put your PC games on your TV, but the exact methodology for doing that (and the associated cost) is unclear, since the "Accessories" part of the company's website is broken.

The Gamecore will be shown off during CES this week, so hopefully we'll have a little more information soon.

Okay, that's the objective take. Now, follow us after the break and check out the most astonishingly terrible, misleading promotional video in recorded history.

We know, we know, it's incredible. Here are some of the highlights:

0:59 "Downgraded versions of a PC" -- So basically, video game consoles are just crappier versions of any PC out there. It's science.
1:30 Video game consoles can't play old games -- This is also true, except in the rare exception of every game console currently on the market.
1:45 Implication that PSN has a fee -- A PSN account, you'll be happy to hear, still does not cost a thing.
2:01 Video game controllers evolved to the abandoned PS3 boomerang controller -- Sort of an evolutionary hiccup, we guess.
2:30 PC interface hasn't adapted to gaming -- Except for every PC gamepad, Xbox 360 controller adapter, PC steering wheel, etc., on the market. Except for those and all the other things? Totally stagnant.
2:38 Uncomfortable chair? -- Dude. Just buy a new chair.
2:58 Small monitors hamper the experience -- You guys understand computer resolution vs. TV resolution, right? Like, somebody there must.
3:12 It's hard to imagine a NASCAR driver using a keyboard -- But a gamepad? Makes total sense.

Okay, that's actually all we can stomach. We assume you guys and gals can take it from there.

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Tags: CES, CES-2010, iGUGU, igugu-gamecore

Reader Comments (110)

Where did this hideous abomination come from?

Looks like they threw together a 360 controller and 360 keypad, stuck it in a microwave, and ran it until they fused.

I love you just because you're named after Vimes.

...until it fused and all the face buttons fell off.

I've an idea, let's take the best thing about PC gaming - the precision and ease of mouse control combined with the endless key combinations of a full size keyboard - and shrink it all down to make it exactly like a limited and tiny console controller.

If people are desperate for a controller for a PC that works exactly like a 360 controller, save your money and buy a console. That way you won't have to deal with dodgy driver updates for products of suspect quality and crappy ports from the consoles in the first place.

Or, you know, they could BUY the Xbox 360 Controller For Windows...

I'm not seeing the reason why to use this controller over a Xbox360. Especially since any OS later than Windows XP recognizes the wired controller and it only costs $10 to have all your wireless accesories work.

This is a epic fail...

I like it. Whats not to like.

Controller for PC: Good

TV Streaming: Good

Meat: Good

It's perfect!

Say my kid is using OnLive to play our console games on the PC. Well, the PC is being taken up! How am I supposed to play my PC games?!?

Simple, I use the Gamecore to play my PC games on the TV, while my kid is playing TV games on my PC!

It's the most elegant technical solution possible.

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Hard to want this when most every game they showed that you can play on your PC is actually a port from a console game. Why the hell would I want to do all this for Tekken when I have a PS3 already there.

They should have shown it used with MMOs like Warcraft if they really wanted to make a stand. Also, as others mentioned, this offers nothing new than what can already be done. I can do all this already on my iMac running boot camp.

problem is games like warcraft are made to use a keyboard and mouse, you could try it with a controller but those keybindings will be hard to hit on a small keyboard, games that are on consoles atleast can be set up near the same as the controlers

Crysis on my 52" LCD?! Count me in!!!

If you have a PC and a PS3 but want to play Mass Effect or Gears of War, you might want a controller. If those games are anything like the PC port of Lost Planet, I'd rather have a controller, despite being a PC gamer since Doom. Only thing is, the 360 controller would work fine for these games.

You know how I put my PC games on my TV? With a fucking DVI-HDMI cable.

Exactly. A lot of graphics cards now come with HDMI outputs too. And you can plug a 360 controller in which will work on pretty much any game - had a lot of fun with DMC4 on this.

I have the wireless 360 for windows controller.....works good enough for me....

Freakin' exactly. I'm actually sitting in front of my 51" high def right now, with a keyboard and mouse propped up on my favorite footstool. Talk about an immersive experience--sometimes, the size of my character's hand is the same as my own and the TV screen (from where I'm sitting) expands almost to the edge of my peripherals. No wonder I get motion sickness when I play STALKER!

another one here!!!

they tried their best to make it look like a 360 controller with the chatpad attached.....dunno how I feel about that....

at any rate I will stick to PC gaming on my PC....my 24" & 32" screens are PLENTY big for me.....

Even as a PC gamer, I could not but cringe from that video.

Furthermore, why would we want to connect to a TV that supports up to maybe 1024 x 768 resolution? The average monitor and resolution is usually 1280 x 1024, and a lot of PC gamers use even higher resolutions than that.

there are TV's that are less than 3 years old that only support 1024x768 max?

If you have a 50" 1080p or something, PC games would look incredible on it, especially with anti-aliasing. But for most of my games I feel more than happy with a 22" 1680x1050 monitor up close with a mouse and keyboard. Awesome monitors also tend to be a fair bit cheaper than even an average (HDTV.

Seriously, both my PC monitor and my TV monitor are rocking 1080p... what dark ages are you living in that your TV isn't? :D

I seriously just wasted five minutes watching this pile of crap?

I mean, I never would have thought about BUYING MY OWN VGA cable and HOOKING MY PC TO THE TV! AMAZING!

Let's see, they alienated PC gamers, console gamers, and people with an IQ over 60.

I liked how at the center of those 'obsolete games' was a PC version of Galaga.

The name 'I goo goo" sounds pretty accurate.
Does showing Forza for a PC game count?

Also, 14 inch monitor? Can you even get a desktop with anything smaller than a 17 inch these days?

14" monitor is bullshit.....the PC I bought back in 97' for $700(a cheaper PC back then) had a 17" monitor...

The last CRT I bought was 17". My current flat-panel is 17". Heck, my laptop is 15"!

I have never bought a CRT stand alone....the one that I have in the closet is the ONLY one and it came with my first PC in 97".....lol my laptop has a 15.5" screen and I use a 24" Monitor and a 32"LCD TV for computer monitors on my gaming PC.....

that guys stats are basically telling me that people are actually running around with dinosaur ass computers that aren't even capable of playing NEW games on so why would they need anything bigger than a 17" monitor?

Well I have a 19" CRT that I still use, but hey, it's high res and it ain't broke...

Besides, I do my real gaming on my laptop, even it has a 16" screen

OOOOHHHHH! They MUST be talking about playing games on a netbook!

ROFLMAO@ PSN having a Fee AND them putting the boomerang controller in there.....the PS controller is damn near the same design over and over again....

and I didn't know tekken 6 was on PC....most interesting.....

Yeah, Forza 3 is too.

Did you notice the IGN.com watermark on the standard PS3 controller also? Classic.

yea they google searched for "PS3 Controller" lol

If this thing makes Tekken 6 work on my PC, I'll buy it, but play it with my USB wireless Tekken stick.

For claiming innovation, there's nothing "original" about that radical controller. Pff.

Next thing you know, they'll be suing Microsoft for 'ripping off our elegant designs'.

If you go on the IGUGU website, they show the games compatible with the device.

One of those games is Call of Duty 6.

The Call of Duty 6 logo has an alien in the background.

Wouldn't CoD5 have to be released?

People seem to think that Modern Warfare 2 is CoD 5.

See, I consider WaW to be 'CoD5' and MW2 to be 'CoD6'.

yea people kill me with that....until Activision comes out with a CoD5 and the name SAYS exactly that then it hasn't been out yet.....look back over past CoD games.... there are numerous ones with an off name and yet they still came back to CoD4....

Here's the pic of the alien background: http://cod6.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/cod.jpg

Oh, Activision picked up the Alien license now?

Well, at least it might actually COME OUT.

That looks like Aliens Colonal Marines to me. I'm pretty sure thats fake and just another google search those guys did thinking COD 6 was Modern Warfare 2.

I did a google search "Call of Duty 6" and the image was the second line down =
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=call+of+duty+6&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=5&oq=call

I don't even think they are gamers or know what they are making.

I actually watched that movie and it looks like a piece of trash.

ps i hate that guys face when hes on the couch tilting it all over.

I hate the fact that he was tilting the controller all over like we use to do playing NES back in the day to get Mario to jump over holes....

You... understand that they were advertising the motion sensitivity of their controller, right?

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