How to Get Your SO to Stop Nagging You About Gaming
By Shawn on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 4:59 PM PST In Gamer Life, Games, Sony
Some genius has come up with a way to get your girlfriend or boyfriend who’s just not into gaming to be more involved in your favorite pastime instead of treating your favorite console like a romantic rival.
Over on the Massage Me site you can find instructions on how to build a massage jacket out of a digital controller and conductive fabric. The site has a blog, photos and videos demonstrating the use of one of these home brewed gaming peripherals.
Because giving a massage can be a boring and rather tedious task, the interface simultaneously acts a game controller which motivates the masseur by involving him in game play. Pressure sensors embedded in the wearable interface sense the massage movements which are interpreted and passed on as control signals to play existing games. Otherwise wasted button-pushing energy is transformed into a massage and the addicted game player becomes an inexhaustible masseur.
The controller on the website was hacked from a PlayStation controller. The site says that although only digital controllers have been used, analog instructions are in development.
For step by step instructions on how to make your own massage jersey game controller go to the Massage Me site or visit www.instructables.com.
via Massage Me
Shawn…I’m truly amazed. How in hell did you write that out without making ANY sort of joke about it?! I mean, wow, that must’ve been some hard work! Fact is…well, it’s ridiculous, isn’t it?! If you presented that to your SO, out the door in what, 10, 15 seconds? Just, no way in hell will that work. Ever. Can you just imagine it though?
“Yeah, I said my left shoulder hurts.”
“I know, but your right one is over the X button.”
I mean come on…geez-louise.
Well I did have a few thoughts of how I’d make it a bit more humorous but I talked to my wife before i posted it and she (aside from laughing really hard for a few seconds) thought it was a funny concepts as well.
BTW, since you couldn’t hear me say it.. reread this opening line:
“Some genius has come up with a way to get your girlfriend or boyfriend who’s just not into gaming to be more involved in your favorite pastime instead of treating your favorite console like a romantic rival.”
Now imagine me as a smart-alec (which I’ve been told I am). I just kept the snarky comments to a minimum. I’m more of a shirtless message guy myself, the whole controller setup might remove some of the fun consensual adults might have with the concept. (and I have to keep the comment PG-13 for the kiddies about:)
Haha, well fair enough. Don’t want to ruin those kiddies fragile minds. Do you think then games compatable with this new method should be automatically uprated to rating R (or 18 equivalent in US, not 100% sure)? Don’t want to be too risky there.
That is just too gay. by looking at that photo says enough, its not something for me. No offence to anyone, but i dont see this catching on. I cannot ever see my GF doing this for me, or many other people getting this to happen. Its too gay. Im sure partners would just rather massage each other for fun rather than related to video games. That photo is gay!!