Hypercritical

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