What have you spotted?
Watching TV last night my brain finally kicked in and prodded me to the fact that in an Army recruitment advert featured a chap flying a UAV using what looks like an Xbox 360 controller. Of course they’re not using an Xbox 360 to run the software that controls the plane, it’s that an Xbox 360 can be used as a joypad within Vista, so that’s why it’s there…But this started me thinking about games controllers being used for different purposes in films and TV and I reckon I’ve spotted a few. So what we’re looking for here is something other than a PS2 controller being used to control a PS2 and a mouse being used to control a PC…
A good example is in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines where John Connor uses the throttle from a Saitek X45 throttle and stick system to power up the particle accelerator. Or how about the flightstick from a Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar used on Dr Evil’s chair in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me?
So, that’s my contribution, let’s see what you lot can come up with…