Wiimote and skateboard hacked into a controller, Gator not impressed

Real Virtual Skater is a controller mod that sees a Wiimote liberated from its case and placed inside a box strapped to the underside of a skateboard. Thanks to The Bluetooth, as the player gleams "the cube" (or his "living room", as the case may be) all his movements are used to control his avatar in the magical world of Tony Hawk Pro Skater. Just the thing for a kid that already has the board, the Vans, the Jams, a Lance Mountain t-shirt, and a JFA cassette -- but no real desire to leave his parent's basement. Technical details are few, but we do have a chest-pounding video of the thing in action after the break.


[Via Feng Gui]
[Thanks, Pegasus Unicorn]

[BJ is Gooder @ Jan 20th 2009 1:16AM]

Lance Mountain, gleaming the cube?!? I feel like I'm in elementary school debating whether or not Lance Mountain could ollie on top of a building or not.

[Burt Reynolds @ Jan 20th 2009 3:48AM]

"I'll bet you my old Indy trucks Christian Hosoi could ollie onto the school!"


***Good Times***

[BJ is Gooder @ Jan 20th 2009 1:25AM]

Here's to your site being as successful as the love guru. Which is to say, unsuccessful.

Leave your spam in your inbox, please.

[hola74 @ Jan 20th 2009 1:37AM]

Nice JFA drop there...

[dustinlikewhat @ Jan 20th 2009 6:55PM]

came in to say the same... Also, Jams, nice, real nice.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jan 20th 2009 1:36AM]

Where's my Powel Perulta sk8?

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jan 20th 2009 1:38AM]

Want a ddos?

[Pagz @ Jan 20th 2009 2:23AM]

i don't understand why they don't just make a game using the wii balance board already -_-

[falk @ Jan 20th 2009 6:11AM]

They do a snowboard game and it sucks as every time you just jump a little the game stops and tells you "jumping is not allowed on the balance board" - takes out the whole fun and makes it absolutely useless.

[Like_A_Glove @ Jan 20th 2009 2:24AM]

Hosted on YouTinyTub?

[kickflipmcgee @ Jan 20th 2009 2:40AM]

Powel Perulta? Did you mean Powell Peralta?

Easy mistake haha

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Jan 20th 2009 8:24AM]

i only have 20 of em left...

[hatekillpuke @ Jan 20th 2009 3:06AM]

I'll guess that the main Gator Rogowski is impressed by is that he's finally eligible for parole this year after serving 18 years on that 31 year murder conviction.

[giuliop @ Jan 20th 2009 5:34AM]

More often than not, actually.

[giuliop @ Jan 20th 2009 11:34AM]

When you see meaningless comments hanging all by themselves; that's the result of fine censorship at work.

[f3rg @ Jan 20th 2009 6:05AM]

Wow, a Gator reference! :O

Although, I doubt he'll hear about this story for another two year or so, at best: http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/archive/oldnews/gator.htm

[Josh Ladella @ Jan 20th 2009 6:44AM]

I'll be impressed when he pops a kickflip with a hacked balance board...

[Charles @ Jan 20th 2009 6:49AM]

Seriously, that's one hell of a headline. Maybe next time try it without the rapist/murderer reference. Wow.

[James Albert @ Jan 20th 2009 8:21AM]

um he's not a rapist.. It was more a drug induced psychotic episode where he chopped up his then live in girlfriend. He had a good looking board though... Santa cruz put it out..By the way I heard he'd kill for a WII and a chance to play the new tony hawk game ;)

[Frogboy @ Jan 20th 2009 9:01AM]

So, I take it that doing a rail grind with this mod is a bad idea?

[Yaniv @ Jan 20th 2009 4:05PM]

Ahem, *cough* (creative commons) http://www.flickr.com/photos/yghelloworld/2933355261/