We have to hand it to Atari for keeping it simple but functional early on. A lot of competing consoles around now tried to get crazy with controllers, adding things like number pads and spinning dials ...

Video games are all about controlling the on-screen action of your television via some kind of input device. A console can live and die by the features of its controller. The Nintendo 64 controller, ...

In conversations about gaming, we tend to focus on the games and the consoles we play them on. The controllers we use are a vehicle for the experiences we have, but our eyes are always centred on what ...