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Jogging Controller Adds The Fun Of Jogging To Your Games [Peripheral Vision]
kotaku.com - 12/4/2008
Jogging Controller Adds The Fun Of Jogging To Your Games [Peripheral Vision]
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New Concept Gaming Ltd. has answered the prayers of gamers who for years have wished they could combine playing of Wii and PlayStation 2 games with the fun of running in place. The Jog, or jOG in hipster screwed-up capitalization marketing speak, is a device that connects between your ...

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jOGging In Place
Water Cooler Games — jOGging In Place December 4, 2008 - by Ian Bogost Kotaku disdainfully points out New Concept Gaming's jOG controller , a motion-sensing belt-clip that promises to translate physical movement (e.g. jogging) into character motion on-screen in any game. A video appears after the jump. It's hard to tell how the thing works, but I'm assuming it's like using exercise bike to power a television: the jogging appears to activate the controller, but you then have to move the character as usual with the analog sticks. That assumption may be incorrect, but if it is not, ...

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