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A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller
2024-05-05
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We’re kicking off our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries today, starting with “touch.” The Verge’s William Poor explores a controller crisis in the Nintendo 64 speedrunning community, and follows one speedrunner’s quest to recreate a mythical controller he lost.
Further reading/viewing:
- How Sticks Are Sabotaging Speedrunners (Stick Crisis History)
- abney317 on Twitch
- The Quest to Beat abney317
- Mariokart64.com
- More on Beck Abney’s controller problems
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