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Episode Synopsis
Will unearthed a venerable SpaceOrb 360 in his garage recently, which sent us down a rabbit hole chasing all the weird, experimental input devices of the late '90s, back when everyone was just figuring out 3D control in the first-person shooter. Before we all standardized on mice and dual analog sticks, there were apparently a lot of different ways to Frankenstein together trackballs, dials, joints, hinges and more, and this week we try to catalog as much of it as we can.Notes for this ep, including pics and a bunch of links to all these devices (and some ongoing efforts to keep them working): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT-lwdhF-FAZmBOaWimIr1ExIcNW0ZYy4plcw_BKtZA7xQB5c0ZLjxRbaTCSBv2wzJk4otzOhjXRTGt/pub
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