Ben Heck realigns Xbox 360 pad for improved awesomeness

If you've spent any time on Engadget before, you'll be aware that we're big fans of Ben Heck and his tireless modding, tweaking and hacking (or is it Hecking?) of console hardware. The latest feather to his cap comes in the form of a customized Xbox 360 controller, which sees its D-pad and action buttons swapping places in an effort to help a handicapped gamer get his proverbial groove on. The trigger buttons are also flipped, but the pièce de résistance is the inclusion of four extra action buttons along the bottom of the controller that make one-handed gaming totally feasible. Check 'em out after the break.

[thefourthheat Posted Sep 2nd 2009 4:15PM]

Dude, nobody cares. I think it's probably says something about the rest of the xbox 360 experience when the 360 can have such a high fail rate, charge $99 for the wifi adapter, charge you for online access on top, not come with a bluray drive, have expensive proprietary hard drives limited to 120gb, and still manage to outsell the PS3.
And FWIW my xbox 360 still works fine and it's one of the original pro units, whereas my Nintendo DS Lite has both of it's hinges broken with the only option being to pay Nintendo $83 to fix it. And I hardly even used my DS Lite-I'll bet lots of people will see a hairline fracture on their hinges if they check, probably more than 35%.

[Duke Posted Sep 2nd 2009 4:37PM]

What a desperate troll that was.

[Mr Clickerson Posted Sep 2nd 2009 5:21PM]

I like how Jubei's "failure rates" are all over the place. He can't just stick to one because he has no clue what he's talking about.

BTW:

Jubei's original profile.

http://www.engadget.com/profile/1384422/

His new one.

http://www.engadget.com/profile/3164146/

It's obvious he was banned- thanks to reporting his comments. If you see a comment, instead of just downranking it, report it first- then downrank it. Maybe after a couple accounts he'll get the point and screw off.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2009 7:35PM]

pretty cool

[Mr Clickerson Posted Sep 2nd 2009 9:19PM]

My name was Zeus.:God. Not "Zues God". But, then again, you obviously don't understand English, so you're just going to continue on the way you always do. Making yourself look like a fool and try to troll people who actually care about electronics.

I don't even have to try at this point- you're just doing all the work for me.

[hellonnnewman Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:34AM]

Ahh.. one handed game controller... and now enter Penthouse and Vivid games (specifically requiring one-handed gaming). :)

[Mr Clickerson Posted Sep 3rd 2009 2:09AM]

Zeus was a Greek deity... The *NAME* Zeus, is of Greek origin, but then again, there are plenty other loanwords used in the English language. So yes, the language I'm speaking is English. The word is properly spelled in it's English form, and you have continuously misspelled it.

Yeah. English language. Greek name used in English... I don't see where the confusion is- then again, you're always confused, hence the "Zune = failure (10% marketshare), Apple Mac = success (8% marketshare)".

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2009 4:01AM]

I would prefer the Xbox 360 controller above the Dualshock 3, it's just, the battery is in the way.
Also, Xbox 360 should incorporate bluetooth and the Dualshock 3 should be able to connect it's bluetooth to the pc.
Trackmania with Xbox 360 controller is awesome.

[Mr Clickerson Posted Sep 3rd 2009 5:26AM]

This is you, isn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8OYX_3YnMI

Read my posts, and choose a failure rate while you're at it. Choose one and stick with it, because you're all over the place.

[Surrealchemist Posted Sep 3rd 2009 9:53AM]

Oh look he shoved a thing into a thing... how exciting.

[Spoony Posted Oct 31st 2009 1:09PM]

Nice digital pad