joystick

Leveling the playing field

There is an atmosphere of collaboration, not competition, around the creation of hardware for gamers within the assistive technology community. 

Apple’s R&D Department Conjures A Pop-Up iPhone Home Button Joystick

Apple has a new patent application that describes a pop-up home button which can work as an analog joystick. The patent, uncovered by Patently Apple, describes how the button goes from recessed standa

Video: Using Microsoft Surface With Joystick Emulation

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Surface_joystick.png" />Wondering how the Microsoft Surface product will be for gaming? Some student was, and he made a video of what he

Like flying games? Mad Catz launches the Cyborg F.L.Y. flight stick

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fly9main.jpg" />Ever since the days of playing F-15 Eagle on my old Atari 800xl, I've had a weakness for flight games. Now days of course

Review: Thrustmaster T.16000M joystick

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/thrust1.jpg" />With a name like the <strong>T.16000M</strong>, you kind of expect this joystick to sync with your cerebellum and control

Totally Awesome Video Games: Joystick intro

BBG found this great video of the beginning of Joysticks, an arcade-themed movie from back in the heyday of Donkey Kong. There’s a bit of butt waggling in there, so be warned. These kinds of mov

Turn your car into a joystick

Those crafty bastards from the Netherlands are back again with cool DIY gadgets. This time, a gentleman named Thijs Eerens has turned an old, parked car into a joystick for playing video games. He cal