Portable Gaming Revolution

So I was thinking about playing with my PSP recently and my left thumb starting aching at just the though of having to maneuver that stubby, pathetic little analog stick around for another round of gaming fun. Low and behold, I stumbled upon a great How-to article over at Engadget that describes in great detail… and with some super fine pictures, I might add… how to completely disembowel an innocent PS2 controller to create an entirely new hybrid analog controller for your PSP.

History is littered with game systems using far-too-stubby of controller sticks. From the Intellivision’s “disc of doom,” to Coleco’s “shaft of stiffness” (quiet, you!), and even now, in this high-tech age, the Sony PSP’s “sliding nub of death.” It’s unfortunate that the PSP is saddled with that thing — it’s a pretty slick system otherwise, with a library of almost 5 games! (Please don’t key our cars.) Well what if you could augment that sliding nub with something more useful, like an actual analog control stick? Well now you can!

I can honestly say that this is not something that I would attempt myself, mostly due to both my ineptness at all things electrical, and my absurdly swollen thumb from playing way too much PSP; I did find this article pretty cool nonetheless. So… if you suffer from PSP-thumb and fancy gutting a PS2 controller, check it out for yourself. Let me know how it goes for you!