Morning Squidussion

by Alice O'Connor, Jul 14, 2009 6:50am PDT

There's a special chipper energy floating around the Shacknews virtual office this morning, the kind of energy that can only be channelled through cephalopods.

Squid and octopodes are of course the stars of the class, and even cuttlefish get a little screen time, but the poor nautilus is all too often forgotten. Few believe she was in that graduating class all those millions of years ago as her classmates have changed so much since then, but she was there alright. Secured tight inside a beautiful shell, with cold uncaring eyes and dozens of tentacles, she's my kind of cephalopod.

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/xcm-xfps-xbox-360-keyboardmouse-adapter-available-now-223087.php

Does that thing work well??? If so, I just may be opened up to an entirely new world of gaming!!!

Jul 14, 2009 7:48am PDT

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  Wow.. I've always wanted a keyboard and mouse for the 360 - but every time i've mentioned it there have b... : cause&effect
  - Well keyboard and mouse is just a better interface, level or no level playing field. Given the option I'd... : ieGod
- Typically those things dont work nearly as well as advertised. I know people tried them for the old xbox... : FormerHPB
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  it simply maps this stuff to analog controller inputs so you'd still be bound in terms of turn speed (the... : boring gegtik
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    Except on most shooters you can ratchet up the sensitivity to a point where it's unplayable with a contro... : Haxim
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      If you do this then you'll immediately encounter problems the moment you want to snipe or hit something v... : Endymion_
      
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      Yeah, the problem with XIM is that it currently requires you to have an XFPS to use it. Unless their V2 u... : Haxim
      
      XIM1 requires the XFPS. The XIM2 does not. : Dr_Cube
      
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      i don't understand. how can it not take mouse velocity into account? doesnt that make it worthless? : retarded talking dinosaur
      
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      It's just mapping left, right, etc to the mouse. I would assume it would make it very hard in comparison... : devi| dog
      
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      I would assume it would map mouse speed to how far you're pressing on the analog stick. eg if you are ... : boring gegtik
      
      Hmm, I guess it does, but there is a large issue with the dead spot in the middle making fine adjustment ... : devi| dog
      
      Maybe it does it differently, like each unit of mouse movement corresponds to one millisecond of "stick a... : DinK
      
      It cannot take mouse velocity into account because a gamepad does measure velocity on its sticks, it only : Endymion_
- I'd love to actually just play FPS on my console. I still get them on PC. : amrbean
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  That is so gay. If you already chose the console, just use the damn controller. : _jon
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    We should never try and improve control schemes for existing devices! : ieGod
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      Totally. Love it or leave it, bro! Ungh yeah. : d fluke
      
      _jon worried about how worked he is gonna get on *insert popular fps here* when I get something like this... : VictoriouSecret
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    After 1 minute of thinking, I can't see a reason why anyone would do that, if one could use a mouse on th... : madspacemarinemustdie
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      because using a mouse is cheating. it adds too much of a competitive edge to games that are intended to b... : JINKY
      
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      So the mouse is the superior input device to the controller? : madspacemarinemustdie
      
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      yes it's better!!! you've defeated me madspacemarinemustdie you have ended the platform wars!!!!! hurf du... : JINKY
      
      :) GG : madspacemarinemustdie
      
      no one has ever argued otherwise, only that the controller is also a perfectly good control scheme for pe... : derelict515
      
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      Yeah. The FPS was invented with the intention of being played on a shitty ass controller! unf! : stratedge
      
      No, but some games were invented with the intention of being played on a controller and they control extr... : derelict515
      
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      The FPS was actually invented with the intention of being played on a keyboard. : Drewus
      
      what about the spaceorb 3d huh!?!? : crummynz
      
      oh, boo fuckin hoo.... : ShadowRam
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    you knwo what else is bullshit? Steering wheels, and fighting game joysticks : boring gegtik
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      Except for the fact that games are built around people having those from the ground up. They are licensed and it is pretty common for them to be out there. Also they have been a part of console gaming for a pretty long ass time. The only way I could support something like this is them being officially licensed and any game that supports them having a filter that lets me not join multiplayer matches where people use them.
      
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      Except for the fact that games are built around people having those from the ground up. They are licensed... : Evil Benius
      
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      For being very anti-government you have no problem with a centralized and authoritative system on who get... : ieGod
      
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      lol. Did you actually think that comparison had merit? : derelict515
      
      No but it's funny. : ieGod
      
      I am all fine with people doing whatever the fuck they want in single player and private matches, but giv... : Evil Benius
      
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      Considering all those controllers you mentioned it seems weird that console FPS games don't come with a m... : SockMonkeh
      
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      Like I said I would not mind if some kind of filtering could be added in (and adding it for those other c... : Evil Benius
      
      Oh I agree about the filters. I'd love to see more games on the Xbox and PC be cross-platform compatible,... : SockMonkeh
      
      I wouldn't be on a couch. I would set it up in my office on my widescreen. : mace
    - it's like showing up to play DDR or something with a ps2 controller then beating everyone and calling the... : JINKY
  - Fuck you. : Dr_Cube
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    Because console controllers suck shit for FPS games. There are a lot of great console games out there tha... : mace
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      Oh jesus christ they do not suck shit and can work quite fine if you give them more than two minutes. Pla... : Evil Benius
      
      he meant they suck shit compared to M+K (and if he was wrong you wouldn't be arguing that people shoul... : boring gegtik
    - Truth! : Sgt_Boomstick
- I believe they work but they're somewhat weird to use. in other words it's a viable cheat to get you kill... : thebigbeefsandwich
- It does not work very well. For example if you try to go diagonal your reticule will seem to jerk horizon... : Dr_Cube
- holy shit! That could be handy :) : Megara9

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