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The gaming vest seems cool, they’re coming out with a more powerful one too which they say can simulate G-Forces. If it works I’d be up for that

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Yes, I hate that phrase because it is a common mistake. The correct saying is “couldn’t care less”, meaning “I don’t give a rat’s ass about that”. “I could care less” means you do care to some extent, although the extent of your caring is not defined.

Erh, oh, the vests, right… Silly idea. Completely unnecessary. I like how in the interview he had a critical tone when he mentioned that the consoles all have a proprietary interface (which actually, unless I’m mistaken, is not the case with regard to the XBox360 controller), but he stopped short of saying that his vests use an open standard to communicate with the PC.

What I would love to see is some kind of one-handed controller with an analogue stick and several buttons to replace WSAD. I really love analogue sticks for movement, but I’ll keep my mouse for aiming, thank you very much.

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The thing is, that’s for looking about, not actually playing the game, right? I bet you your head-eye coordination is 100x worse than your hand-eye coordination. Sounds counter intuitive but of course 9/10 times we only move our eyes to what we’re looking at, not the rest of our head.

Uhh… I’m gathering you haven’t tried TrackIR or the camera-based clones.
Most of the time, you do use your eyes to look at things. But, like in real life, you can’t look over your shoulder just by moving your pupils. And, as great as mice are for aiming, they’re a pain in the butt to swing over your shoulder and then straight ahead, especially if you’re trying to move at the same time.
Likewise for driving. When you come up to a series of turns, you instinctively look at the exit of the turn, not the entrance: you look where you’re going. A separate “view” key doesn’t give you the precision you need to do this.
So, no, I have to disagree: it’s not “worse than what we have now”; it is better, and it has the potential to be much better, and (if mass produced) relatively cheap.
I’d also question how “looking about” is “not actually playing the game”. In just about every 3D game, “looking about” is a key element of “playing the game”.+

Still, I love the insight of the Wii demo: treat the flat screen like a window into the world and not the player’s view.

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As far as mouse keyboard is concerned, I was playing COD4 last night, without bieng able to see either the keyboard or mouse, and realized that I could move how I liked, when I liked, and aim as well as my reactions and coordination let me. Controls are about letting the player play the game without even thinking about the buttons they press, and although it is better if the controls themselves are realistic and immersive, (e.g. steering wheels) I personally believe that as long as you can react and move in the game as you desire, then the controls shouldn’t affect immersion.

(And yes I am aware of how lame ED glasses look, but they work so I don’t care)

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I didn’t say “too many buttons”. I said that there were lots of buttons. I’m celebrating the mouse and keyboard. It’s by far my preferable choice of input. My point has only ever been that PC gamers make do with what they’ve already got, and don’t want for fancy gizmos. (Even if your keyboard is a fancy shape, I bet you couldn’t comfortably throw it in the air and catch it again. It’s still not an object that’s been designed purely for the purposes of gaming).

Crispy: I saw the video on Gametrailers and it got me idly thinking, so I posted my thoughts on what happy-go-lucky folk we PC gamers are. That’s all.

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