Comments on: Mousegun!

By: zima

zima — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:28:34 +0000

You know, this problem was already solved quite satisfiactonary…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GunCon

By: Daniel Rutter

Daniel Rutter — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:21:27 +0000

So all it amounts to is a painful, pointless plastic lump forever pressing into your frail flesh. Reminds me of the magnificently uncomfortable Belkin Nostromo N30.

By: ru

ru — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:15:58 +0000

the logitech air mouse (if it’s sensitive enough, i havent tried it myself) or the ms natural wireless laser mouse are two better, more gun-able mice.

By: Vanderdecken

Vanderdecken — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:44:29 +0000

Oh lawl, and the website praises its ergonomics. PHAILGUN.

By: yns88

yns88 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:35:23 +0000

Why did they bother with that whole contraption to make a gun-mouse but still make it optical? Isn’t the whole point that you shouldn’t be moving only horizontally?

What should be done is a gyroscopic mouse shaped like a gun. This way, your hand movements are actually realistic. However, it still would feel weird, because your mouse movements don’t just correlate to aiming the gun, they also turn your character’s vision. In order to have a realistic gun aiming system, you need to have separate controls for aiming and turning, which just about nobody has done well in a game.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:13:34 +0000

Quickshot 2…
So after years teaching us to leave our flint and wood hewn joysticks and adopt mice they now want us to regress to using a Quickshot 2.
Thank you pc peripheral makers why don’t you try and shove us back into our mums whilst you’re at it?

By: Yak Jazz

Yak Jazz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:14:55 +0000

One of my robotic servants is asking for his foot back.

By: Alex Cox

Alex Cox — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:35:25 +0000

I wrote about this for PC Plus a little while ago — it really is a horrible, horrible thing. It’s like balancing your fist on a device specifically designed to stimulate every RSI-inflicted nerve all at once, all amplified because of that extra clutch sweaty gaming gives your crippled fingers. And I don’t think even proper gangsters have started holding their gats upside down.

By: Rosti

Rosti — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:05:57 +0000

Honestly, I was expecting some sort of mouse-based projectile weapon. I’m not sure which is the worse of the two ideas, though.

By: Maximum Fish

Maximum Fish — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:47:31 +0000

Right now i’m enjoying the idea of playing the Sims with a mousegun…

By: Erlam

Erlam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:19:50 +0000

How does that Falcon do in FPS’? I’ve been intrigued ever since I saw it a few weeks ago.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:18:32 +0000

Mousegun!