I owned the Guitar Hero for DS with the peripheral part and I 100%'d it in highest difficulty and I don't remember having any pains or cramps at all and actually I found it particularly fun D= Playing Guitar Hero at school was super nice, too, since, like they said, it was that time frame that everyone was playing that crap xD; Maybe I.. played with it differently than everyone else...?? Though I used it the exact way they show...
I bought a Virtual Boy one week before Nintendo discontinued it. The nice little old lady at the Wal-Mart, upon hearing my story of woe and regret, let me swapsie it for a SNES.
I remember throwing a tantrum in Sears because my parents wouldn't buy me a virtual boy. And here they were just looking out for me and being good parents. *sniff Mom & Dad, I love you!!
Blood Sport looks horrifying...who the hell were they kidding when they came up with that? Did they _really_ think anyone was going to pay money to have their own blood sucked out of them while they're playing a video game? What the hell were they smoking??
+Lyrica Silvan obviously not dank kush but instead got the kush from the homeless guy who lives in a dark alleyway. Either that or they had some bathssalts
+Lyrica Silvan In the normal kickstart video they did say it would be used at blood drives with medical personal on stand by that and you would stop after losing so much blood and because it's a blood drive you are getting payed, not paying.
+Vishwaroop Ray It didn't hurt you, though. It was useless, and a waste of money, but you were not physically in pain while using it, like the ones in the video.
How did anyone expect Blood Sport to work? What if a donor was too good at the game, or horrible? You either get no blood at all or too much blood and a corpse. Also, missed these vids, glad to see they're back OxBox! And Happy New Year!
+Thomas Bundgaard Oh god, don't remind me. Mario Party was one of those games I had to play sporadically. Y'know, so the uh... the broken skin in the middle of my palm could heal up.
We hooked up an old n64 at my friends house the other day and played Mario party 2 and 3 for a good 20 mins before someone had to stop playing because of there hands hurting...... Lol atleast I got to play some sick Pokemon snap while everyone decided to play Cod
+Thomas Bundgaard pretty sure it wasnt made for people to recklessly rub their palms against the stick. thats like saying normal controllers are dangerous because they hurt when you get hit in the head with one
They actually started to release gloves meant for solving that problem back then. Anyways when I had to play that mini game I didn't try it like that. I grabbed the edges of it and spun it. It reminds me grabbing the top of a spoon and mixing some hot chocolate.
Well, if the guitar hero pick makes you lose feeling in your fingers and potentially give you RSI then it may actually be a realistic simulation of what practicing guitar does to you. Then again, you could just spend slightly more, buy a real guitar and at least have a higher chance of getting laid when you play it in public.
Actually I'm looking forward to the gunshot simulating vest. It will make a perfect edition to VR headsets and 360* treadmill controllers. Or perhaps I'm just a sadist like that...
Whilst I appreciate (and completely agree with) your cogent analysis of the Virtual Boy's many, many flaws, I feel obligated to point out that it wasn't a peripheral... it was a standalone game system.
+Christian DeCesare As MGS songs that describe their game go, I think it's pretty hard to beat MGS3: Snake Eater. I mean, it literally just starts listing off things you do in the game at one point. _Someday you go through the rain. Someday you feed on a tree frog._
Wait, so the Mindlink was meant to be released in 1984? 1984? So, Nintendo wanted to use a device... that supposedly reads your mind... in the year of Orwellian dystopia... I knew it. Nintendo wants to take over the world.
+yinyang It's the Patriots. They're back. But they really aren't. It's actually The Philosophers run by Solid Snake. But he is an agent for the Patriots which are actually back. But the Patriots are going to betray Snake, who actually is on Philosophers side but is also the leader of the patriots, but is actually an agent in the CIA who want to destroy the Patriots but the Patriots aren't patriots but actually Russia who want to make Snake think that he is the leader but Snake knows this and is actually an double agent for EU who want to destroy the US but he isn't actually Snake but Big Boss and he wants to kill the real snake who is dead but then Ocelot is revealed to be leader of Russia which actually is the Philosophers but the Philosophers are the patriots ran by Solid Snake. Big Boss is revealed to be Ocelot and Ocelot is Big Boss who infact is the president of the US but isn't big boss because he is dead but he is Solidus Snake and Snake is actually Volgin who wants revenge to the Patriots but is really the leader of them and betrays Philosophers and Patriots but Patriots are actually Vietnamese and will launch a nuke but they don't have one so they steal one from Volgin who actually is Olga Gurlokovich. Big Boss hates who really isn't Big Boss, but Kaz who is an agent for the Japanese rebellion who have metal gear and will launch it
I love the Virtual Boy. Easily one of my favorite systems. Plus, one of my (top five) favorite Mario games is on the system (Mario Clash). The Virtual Boy also helped since I had poor eyesight most likely since I was born and it helped with coordination quite a bit (tons of Mario's Tennis)
Blood sport as a method of blood donation actually sounds like something I'd do. And if I don't like the game they picked and wanna get out as soon as possible, I can always run into the bullets just to make sure I give my fair share before I leave.
There was an installation at our local art gallery a couple of years back which dripped fake blood contained within blood bags down the wall every time someone was killed in a game of Counter-Strike that they had running in there. Something something making us think about the real cost of war something something. Good, creepy visual though.
Okay, I have to say it: The most painful peripheral I've ever seen was the Roller Rocker for the NES. The thing was a hard, ridged piece of plastic that you had to balance on, shifting your weight about to move. However, the A, B, Start, and Select buttons had to be pressed on an ACTUAL controller plugged into the thing. The cords were fairly short, too, so you had to crouch if you're too tall (like me). The ridges on the balance board were done in such a way that if you moved your feet without lifting them, it would hurt. Playing with socks was impractical, as it made you lose traction, and shoes was just ridiculous, so bare feet it was. You'd have blisters easy, and spend so much time trying not to fall, your performance couldn't help but suffer. WHY WASN'T THIS ON THE LIST?
Imagine Blood Sport with a racing game. With all the stress those tires are put under when pushed to the limit, the controller is going to buzz nonstop, and so is the feeling in your body without all that blood.
Nonono, the emotional rush from playing a Bloodsport game is the last thing you would want when donating blood! Do you want to pass out while the needle is in? Because that's how you pass out while the needle is in.
The blood thingy is one of the most disgusting, dangerous and stupid things ever made. Did seriously someone with a working brain tought that was gonna be a thing?!
how ironic is that in your sentence also its for a blood donation in case you didn't listen they would put it in clinics so that donors can take part in blood donation games how is your sentence irony well for one its blood sport for second this thought and tought also in case you didn't listen to the commercial too its made out of complex wires if he's dumb how did he come up with that
DED NOT BIG SOUP RICE snoiping iz good m8 What? 1.Blood extraction normaly takes less than 30 secs, so you expect ony to play 30 secs to donate blood? cool idea, why play for hours in your house if you can only play for the 30 seconds the test tube takes to fill in. 2. yeah real genious the creator of Blood sport he managed to invent a less eficient and expensive blood draining method than a needle. 3. The fact that their kickstarter never took off is proof enogh that the idea was flawed in the first place.
+Xfushion2 30 seconds of continuous draining. What they were discussing were only take small increments of blood if you received damage in the game. Really not that crazy.
Xfushion2 really you didn't listen like this guy above said only small increments of blood will only be taken away that way you can play for amounts of time depending on the in game DMG and the blood needed or wanted to donate
+Dick Grayson no, it said every time the controller vibrates, so imagine playing a racing game in wich the controller vibrates %85 of the time. +DED NOT BIG SOUP RICE snoiping iz good m8It's still impractical, and does not take away the fact of having a needle in your arm for a extended and unnecesary period of time, a needle still faster, cheaper and more efficient I rather have a needle for a few seconds than having the thing slowly drain the blood each time the controller vibrates. The idea is flawed. The fact that never took off is proof enough.
I had an idea once. Do a video on some of the prettiest night skies in video games. 2 examples include Shivering Isles for Oblivion, and Skyrim's night sky with the auroras.
+Natasja Cox I think I'd rather play games without getting blood drained from me every time a gun is shot or a car is crashed or a building collapses or something else that causes my controller to vibrate.
+J George Mercado In the normal kickstart video they did say it would be used at blood drives with medical personal on stand by, that and you would stop after losing so much blood and because it's a blood drive you are getting payed to donate blood but insted of just losing it the normal way you get to play a videogame.
I actually had a thing called Minewave from Edmond Scientific that would be a step up on the Atari thing. Problem was it cost to add on applications. But it was clever.
when donating blood it has to be collected in under 10 minutes otherwise they have to throw it out due to a preservative in the bag that keeps the blood fresh but also needs the right amount of blood or it will be too diluted in the preservative
Imagine the pain if you used all of these in one day, especially if you used the virtual boy, jacket and NES controller at the same time while your blood was sucked out.
That blood sport is an amazing idea! Think of how many gamers would go to this. All it is doing is encouraging people to donate blood in a safe environment whilst having fun as it can be boring.
And your OXBOX X-mas challenges are like Game of Thrones. We wait an entire year for it and it is over way too soon. "X-mas is coming." Happy New Year!!!
the virtual boy had a spaceship game that was a bit like flying an x-wing through the death star trench. I played it for like 5 min at some store when I was a kid and remember it being kinda fun
blood sport and the bullet simulation vest is scary. I would get concussion from the helmet, chest and back pains from the vest, and death from blood sport
