The cleverly named Slashdong.org has a poster who has come up with a way to mod an Xbox controller with a vibrator, essentially by tapping the power supply for the controller vibrator and shunting it into the battery pack of an actual vibrator. Perhaps not quite as sleek as the authentic Rez Trance Vibrator, but if you don't have a PS2, and you feel comfortable with a soldering iron, hey why not?
Just wanted to say thanks for the link! The project was partially motivated by your Rez article way back when, so I was hoping you'd see it. :)
And there will hopefully be a PS2 and gamecube version up tonight. ;)
Posted by: qdot | 02/24/2005 at 10:46 AM
yeah, yeah, yeah. so when is someone going to come up with the xbox mod "for the discerning gentleman"? that already sounds a bit nasty.
Posted by: eric | 02/24/2005 at 12:01 PM
Does this mean that we're about to see sales of XBoxes restricted in Kentucky? ;-)
Posted by: Yermum | 02/24/2005 at 01:49 PM
Or, er, make that Alabama.
Posted by: Yermum | 02/24/2005 at 01:50 PM
Eric: This mod works for guys toys too. As long as it takes batteries of some kind and doesn't draw over 5v @ 200mA, it'll work. Unfortunatly, I'm realizing I don't actually *have* any guys toys to take pictures with. Back to ye old pokey toys shop.
Posted by: qdot | 02/24/2005 at 03:44 PM
I'm not sure if anybody eles saw this, but when I read the kentucky.com vibrator-ban article, it had an advertisement for herpes meds with a woman looking thoughtfully towards the article. The caption reads "I thought the redness, bumps and genital irritation were from shaving. Now I'm not so sure". Just wanted to share that.
Posted by: Casey | 02/24/2005 at 07:56 PM
:)
Posted by: jane | 02/25/2005 at 07:42 PM