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the plastic confessional where thumbs admit you're not as good as you thought
means A device or person that directs and regulates something — a handheld input device for games, or someone who oversees finances or operations.
from From the Latin 'contrarotulus,' a 'counter-roll' — a duplicate roll of records kept to check against the original, so accounts couldn't be cooked. The clerk who kept it became the 'controller' (later split into the fancy 'comptroller,' a spelling muddled by a false link to French 'compte,' meaning 'account'). The word's whole life is about checking and keeping in line — only in the 20th century did it migrate to the box of buttons that keeps your on-screen avatar in line.
- first joystick
- Magnavox Odyssey used dials, not sticks, in 1972
- rumble origin
- Nintendo's Rumble Pak added vibration in 1997
- hidden symbols
- PlayStation shapes mean memory, weapons, options, and viewpoint
- thrown often
- Frustrated players hurl them at walls worldwide daily
- D-pad patent
- Nintendo's cross design earned royalties from competitors for years
playstation controller — sony's dualshock, first released 1994, revolutionized gaming with dual analog sticks
xbox controller — microsoft's controller since 2001, became standard for pc and console gaming
nintendo joy-con — detachable controllers for switch console, 2017, feature motion controls and hd rumble