Episode 49: 49: Pinching the Harmonica

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss iPad use by three-year-olds, why non-gamers might consider the "Xbox" name a proxy for all of console gaming, the Wii generational hardware conundrum, and finally, an extremely long and obsessively detailed walk through the history of console game controllers, culminating in a rant about something that almost all other gamers love unconditionally.

Links for this episode:Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller - WikipediaGameCube controller - WikipediaPlayStation 2 DualShock 2 controller - WikipediaPlayStation 3 DualShock 3 controller - WikipediaPlayStation 3 Sixaxis controller - WikipediaNintendo 64 controller - WikipediaPlayStation DualShock controller - WikipediaXbox controller - WikipediaXbox Controller S - WikipediaXbox 360 controller - WikipediaBlue Ocean Strategy - WikipediaAccidental Empires, by Robert X. Cringely - Amazon.comEdge Magazine - January 2011 Issue #E236Arcade emulator iMAME punted out of App Store - TUAWBack to Work #27: Danny, Hold the License PlateBarnes & Noble Considers Spinning Off Its Nook Unit - NYTimes.comStar Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - WikipediaNintendo GameCube - Video Game Sales WikiShovelware - WikipediaHOTAS - WikipediaWhat comes after primary, secondary, tertiary? - Oxford Dictionaries OnlinePlayStation 3 "boomerang" controller (alternate picture) - ps3vault.comPlayStation 3 "boomerang" controller - WikipediaPenny Arcade ridicules the original Xbox controller - Ursine AdventuresPenny Arcade ridicules the original Xbox controller again - The Rest of the StoryPurity - xkcdCertainty - xkcdAsymco on the reach of Apple's media storesPenny Arcade ridicules the original Xbox controller once more - You Know What They Say…Sony "Solo Shock" mockup by mindfadWild Gunman scene in Back to the future II - YouTubeBonus: The Periodic Table of Controllers - Pixel FantasyBonus: A bunch of stuff about game controllers - TumblrBonus: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers poster - popchartlab.comNintendo Entertainment System controller - WikipediaPlayStation controller - WikipediaSponsored by MailChimp and Shopify.