Self-Torture Device
Sackcloth and ashes are all very well, but today’s sinners need something that can be plugged in. So the Mindwire V5 is just what we’ve been needing – an electroshock feedback device:
Playing Half-Life 2 with the promise of a real electric current running through your skin when you get fragged has got to be fun, yuh?
Enagadget has more details, and a funky video.
The device works by splitting your controller input to the “brain” of the V5 and your console, then sends electric jolts via electrode pads on your skin. Right now the company has a model tested and working with the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PCs.
