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I still don't know what it is. I don't care for it.
The day before yesterday I had no idea what an Avenger controller was. Today, everyone knows what an Avenger controller is.
This man is a modern day Edward Bernays.
"Chuy, you're going to have a magical life. Because no matter where you go, it's always going to be better than Tucson."
I still don't know what it is. I don't care for it.
Electric bug
It's a controller attachment designed to let the disabled play stuff in the way the rest of us take for granted. It deserves some decent attention. I wanted to see it at 2011's E3 but couldn't find where they were showing.
James
Hostages? **** em'
It's really not designed for that.
Electric bug
That's what it was marketed as. I think I've got an e-mail somewhere I can quote from, give me a bit to go fishing for it. I suck at deleting stuff if I think I might reference it again...
-edit- Or not. Found the e-mail but no mention of the disabled thing. Weird. I know I saw it mentioned at the time, because that's the only reason I was going to drop by the booth. If it wasn't for that feature it's just another widget to tack on to a controller.
James
Last edited by James; 28 Dec 2011 at 11:03 PM.
Hostages? **** em'
The front page of everything related to that thing is "improved reaction time! lightning reflexes! moving your trigger finger instead of your thumb makes you win!"
I mean the entire function of the device is to use your trigger fingers to press the face buttons on the 360 instead of moving your thumb off the aiming stick. I'm not sure what disability exists that allows you to play a game where you aim/move with your thumbs but can't move them to the D-pad/ABXY
Last edited by FirstBlood; 28 Dec 2011 at 11:06 PM.
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It was originally designed by a teacher in Miami to help a disabled student of his.
Boo, Hiss.
Icarus and James is right.Originally Posted by icarusfall
had the pleasure of being able to demo and sit down with the creator of the Avenger David Kotkin this year at E3. He was extremely eager to get The Avenger into “the hands” of the AG community but more importantly, his passion for getting his product out there stems from a personal story in his own life.
“When I first made the Avenger, I was a teacher and I had a kid in my class by the name of ‘Danny’ who had very small hands. I was able to adapt the controller just for him and it seemed to help him...he went from losing every game to actually winning a game in two weeks. It was really a great experience for me and him”.
When I asked David if he could expand on the conversation he had with Danny and how it began, I was amazed to hear the incredible story of how this all began...
“He came into class one day, and out of the blue, it all came out, all the problems that he was experiencing with his disability and his hands...I told him that he would overcome it and he went onto saying ‘Everyone tells me to be okay with my disability’ and I said ‘maybe I can help you with this controller and make it better’ and his response was ‘what are you going to do? My parents just spent $10,000 to have fake fingers made that never even worked and they hurt...so what are you going to do?’...and I did something, and it worked!”
This led Danny to say to David
“This gives me hope that they’ll have a cure for his hands one day, that technology will help me, because if [David] could do this with The Avenger then anything is possible”
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Electric bug
In FirstBlood's defense, the web site doesn't have any of that on the front page. It's all about how damn awesome a gamer this widget will make you, and you have to dig to find the details. I think I only did my research out of a sense of "what the hell is this thing!?" at the time.
James
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That thing looks fucking horrible.
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