Novint ties-in wacky Falcon gaming peripheral with GLaDOS

You won't catch me using Novint's freaky-loo Falcon controller, which promises to let you feel weight, impact, recoil and inertia in the games it supports. I'm not getting burned on another PowerGlove, thank you very much. But you've got to hand it to Novint: they really do know how to package this thing to really tickle a gamer's g-spot. Doubtlessly noticing that their Falcon controller looked quite a bit like a certain Aperture Science portal gun or one of GLaDOS' ascetic, streamlined nodules, Novint has teamed up to package their Falcon controller with The Orange Box. It comes with an attachable pistol grip and ships for $189.99, yet offers the Falcon in black as well, somewhat squandering the genius Portal tie-in.

Truthfully, if anything were ever to get me to buy another flash-in-the-pan "revolutionary" controller, this would probably be the deal that would get me to do it... if I already didn't own the Orange Box. Slather it in art-deco oxidized crud and tie it in to Bioshock, though, and I'll throw caution to the wind.

Falcon Orange Box Package [Novint via Crunchgear]

[#1 posted by strider_mt2k , June 25, 2008 10:14 AM]

This is a triumph...

[#2 posted by John Brownlee , June 25, 2008 10:19 AM]

I'm making a note here...

[#3 posted by Enochrewt , June 25, 2008 10:42 AM]

HUGE SUCCESS!

[#4 posted by Tensegrity , June 25, 2008 10:45 AM]

So what would the special controller for adult interactive software look like?

[#5 posted by Lonin , June 25, 2008 3:59 PM]

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER

[#6 posted by Parkingtigers , June 26, 2008 8:11 AM]

Tensegrity, for you there will be no cake.

[#7 posted by Keneke , June 26, 2008 8:15 AM]

I can't figure out how this works.

[#8 posted by Gia , June 26, 2008 8:37 AM]

GLaDOS! yay!
I loved the Orange box! Valve!!

CAKE!

[#9 posted by Enochrewt , June 26, 2008 8:52 AM]

#7: Actually, I can't figure out how it works either. I didn't say anything because I wanted to sing instead.

[#10 posted by Anonyman , June 26, 2008 9:09 AM]

Device in-use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx7XJtcfYU4

[#11 posted by eustace , June 26, 2008 8:12 PM]

Ask YouTube, Tensegrity, and you will find:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfrMalBiXuY&NR=1

NSFW

[#12 posted by Agent 86 , June 28, 2008 2:17 AM]

Eustace, I dream of a world where that is SFW.

[#13 posted by eustace , June 28, 2008 9:37 PM]

Oh, me too, but I'd settle in the short term for having BB available at work. 'Course, less work would get done per unit time...

[#14 posted by Anonymous , July 3, 2008 12:21 PM]

yeah I guess it's going to depend on how many games they get.. EA and Valve are signed up afaik, maybe 1 or 2 more heavy hitters will prevent it from going the way of the PowerGlove (rofl that the author actually bought one of those)

I saw it at GDC... apparently it's a robotic arm and uses haptic technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic, so it's pretty high-tech the pistol grip was sweet