My rabbits undeniably cute but he really likes to eat random things and lately those things have unfortunately been rubber. Sometimes this rubber belongs to expensive video game peripherals, Xbox Live headsets, HDMI cables and power cords.
In this particular case my rabbit decided to eat my Xbox 360 controller. Now as you can see the damage didn’t completely destroy the controller but it has made the right joystick ridiculously uncomfortable to use.
I also, strangely enough I guess, feel very attached to this particular controller. I’ve used it since I got my 360 and I’ve spent countless hours gaming with it. We’ve played Halo 2, 3, GTA 4, Mass Effect and countless other games together. I’ve used it for so much that the little nubs on the joysticks have worn down and are completely gone. There is also a a chip of blue paint stuck on the bottom left corner that happened after I whipped the controller at a wall in frustration after getting my ass handed to me during the Halo 3 beta.
This may seem ridiculously weird but I honestly felt a little depressed when I discovered the damage this evil animal caused. Sure I can still use the controller but it will never feel the same. Even as I write this my rabbit is staring at me rather evilly. I know he knows what he did, he See’s me holding the controller in my hand all the time, perhaps this was revenge for cutting his nails the other night?
So I ask this question, have any of you every felt a particular connection with your video game console controllers? Whether it be a ColecoVision, Super Nintendo or even a PlaySation 3 controller.
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LOL I have a rabbit too and he has chewed through so many of my cords (mainly Wii for some reason) and he knows that if he ever chews anything xbox ima eat him for dinner! But damn you should get your bun a peice of wood or something to chew on when hes in his, cage cause i usually give my bun a couple popcicle sticks to chew on and that usually satates his desires to chew my electronics!
I don’t get attached to controllers. I go through at least fifteen controllers a console. In fact I’ve only had my PS3 for about 4 months and I’m already on my 3rd controller, I get mad easy. I literally have a box of PSOne controllers with all the joysticks broken off from whipping them at the wall. (You can blame that on the first Tony Hawk game) My favorite incident was when I tossed a WiiMote out my seventh story dorm room window during a round of Smash Brothers with my roommate.
So I suppose I get attached to breaking them more than anything else. I wonder how many controllers I’ve gone through just playing Mega Man games over the years.
I had a controller which I preferred to use over the other ones. I found out that it had been the cause of my mics breaking. I don’t use that controller any more, the damn thing cost me three mics before I realised it was the cause >:( .