Etsy Seller Digital Soaps Takes Over the Internet

GeekSugar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:07:15 -0700

Been on a tech blog lately? Then surely you've seen a bat of soap in the shape of a video game console controller. It started with the solid-color controller soaps, then we saw the more-detailed, gray-and-color PlayStation controller, and now there's more vintage controllers, keyboards, iPods, and calculators. Who's behind this? Brilliant Etsy entrepreneur Digital Soaps.

The soaps range in price from $1.75 to $16.50, and aside from their web presence, appear to have launched a fad, but aside from fascinated geeks checking them out online, is anyone getting their dirty hands (ahem) on these?

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Hori Joystiks: Where Have You Been All My (Adult) Life?

GeekSugar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:30:22 -0700

I'm totally blown away that I have not purchased both of these Xbox 360 and PS3 fighting joysticks already! Where's my credit card? If you spent as much time as I did trolling the neighborhood pizza-joint arcade, you recognize my excitement. The Hori Fighting Stick for the Xbox 360 and PS3 ($60 and $50 respectively) totally bring back the joy of banging on buttons and thrashing the joystick during Mortal Combat, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - or whatever your fighter of choice was back in the day.

Amazon reviewers are saying to stick with fighting games if you want to get the best results with these bad boys. So unfortunately, that means if you're looking forward to a rousing session of Burnout Paradise, it's wise to stick with your usual controller.