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A random-tech-things-tuber has answered the question of whether you can play World of Warcraft using peripherals made from processed meat products. Specifically, addison2k conceptualized and built a hot dog-based game controller . This smoky-flavored, tactile, dead-flesh device features a pair of quad-array hot dog silos. As designed, the left weiner quartet controls movement, and the right triggers abilities. It is demonstrated in action in a WoW gaming session demo video, below.
Watch On As a little backstory, addison2k admits they previously integrated a solitary hot dog into their gaming as a challenge during a camping/gaming event. However, they felt like they cheated as the solitary sausage was augmented by a gamepad controller…
So, they went back to the drawing board and used a 3D printer to output a pair of quad-hotdog silos, with each dog individually wired. That should probably be enough for a comprehensive meaty controller. It was, almost.
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After the dogs are wired up addison2k configures the controller(s). As we’ve mentioned above, the maker decided on movement touch controls to the left and actions on the right.
We don’t see any troubleshooting, implying the meat-filled controller worked as intended without a hiccup. At this first flush of success addison2k was clearly excited. “I’m playing WoW entirely with meat,” they gasped.
The hotdog controller was far from flawless, though. Its crazed creator complained about the lack of camera control, for example, and missed a dodging control. Later, at around 2m 40s, addison2k would confess they “had to use the keyboard a few times.” As an explanation, they said that the breaking of their hotdog control vows was due to “my target got stuck on a dead mob, and I don't have a tab bound to a hot dog. Damn it.”
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