Makey Makey are a kit of sensors that allow you to turn anything into a programmable input for the PC via passive conduction, using your body's capacitive energy like a giant touchscreen. Which, of course, also lets Rudeism try and play as Winston the science gorilla using nothing but bananas, naturally:
This approach to making anything into a controller has also led to brand new games blossoming into existence. Line Wobbler, from indie developer Robin Baumgarten takes a single LED strip and one of those sproingy door stoppers and turns it into a one-dimensional dungeon crawler. Pushing, pulling and twanging the springy controller lets you advance, retreat and attack enemies as you attempt to reach the end, recently being turned into a Christmas tree in London's St. Pancras station.
This is a game that simply couldn't happen without the philosophical approach embodied by trying to finish Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without hurting a single soul. The same urge that compels people to try and finish Half-Life 2: Episode 2 while carrying a garden gnome from the very first level to the rocket launch finale. The creative essence of gaming differently. God speed to all members of the playing it wrong crew.
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