Basically these are textured button caps that snap onto most video game controller thumbsticks.

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After sliding your iPhone or Android device into this case, your phone becomes a video game controller.

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It sports an ergonomic design and is more akin to a traditional video game controller, complete with dual analog sticks.

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Back in April, a project on Kickstarter designed to crowd-fund the manufacture of a universal video game controller failed to meet its funding goals.

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You don't often see a video game specifically designed for a 16-button bespoke controller and for a special one-time party, but that's exactly what Keita Takahashi has done with Tenya Wanya Teens.

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In any case, there have been some pretty neat steampunk mods for all sorts of things, from Star Wars steampunk (which, please, can we get a video game version of this?) to Xbox 360 controller, the fantasy of steampunk is a favorite within the modding community.

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So Sony, you assemble the video game community to announce the PS4 but you only show the controller?

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What's more, the bot has been outfitted with a new hand controller that the company says has been modeled after video game controllers, supposedly reducing the amount of training needed to operate the robot.

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Coco Controller - A game controller phone case with buttons that look like those for a video game console.

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