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LGR Oddware - InterAct Pool Shark Pool Cue Controller

Now this is prime oddware, hehe.

LGR Oddware - InterAct Pool Shark Pool Cue Controller

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I pity the poor souls who paid full price for this thing when it was originally released :-)

Dominik Wagner

Pool is a freaking sexual game when it comes down to it, so that's not too surprising

LGR

...now that sounds like a challenge

LGR

It was the only thing I could think of after that :D

LGR

And thanks for the support!

LGR

With most of my videos ;)

LGR

Freud would have a field day with this video.

Justin Dotson

Thanks for all the great videos you do

Dr Tom Servo

"8-ball into the corner pocket of HELL!" - LGR, 2016 Your faces were priceless in this video. I lol-ed when you knocked over your CompUSA sign with that unwieldy stick thing that's supposed to be a pool cue. And I'm sorry, I have to say it, but my god, moving that stick on that "mouse" looks so freaking sexual and makes the pool cue look even more phallic. >.> I can't unsee it and I will burn that image into everyone's brains... MUHAHAHA :D

Lindsay Michelle

If you tape it to a guitar hero controller you can play the violin.

himem.sys

Loved the jab at Polygon's gameplay video :D

Renzo Thönen

Doom seemed more pertinent to me, seeing as the name "Doom" itself was derived from the phrase in The Color of Money, which involved a pool cue ;)

LGR

That fake cue/police baton is the worst, haha. I didn't show it exactly, but it's even bent in the middle from the low build quality!

LGR

Thanks! And yeah, a one time thing is about all it's gonna get :D

LGR

That's true, there's nothing except that back and forth motion of the pool cue itself! No way to hit the cue ball in a different spot or anything.

LGR

Classic game! And both names derived from the same "pool shark" term, yep :)

LGR

ALL the things, it seems

LGR

That's a good point, there were only so many pool games compared to other sports! But then, they did have plans for the other sports too. Pool is just an odd starting point, haha

LGR

Aww... you didn't play Duke Nukem with it!

Ian Guebert

Gosh, that really is an odd one. I'm not even sure what possessed them to make such a controller in the first place - let alone going for such a terrible fake cue to hit it with. And that Doom playing? Priceless.

Rob Caporetto

I can see this being used as a one time thing. Nice review as always.

Gary Leigh

The worst part is that because of the oversimplification of the design, it completely fails at emulating WHY you would even want to hold a pool cue, as there's a lot of intricacies to it in order to get the ball to behave in various ways when it strikes things. :P

Kris Asick

The name of the controller reminds me of Sharkey's 3D Pool :) <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/sharkeys-3d-pool" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/sharkeys-3d-pool</a>

Hamid

Pool Cues, is there anything they can't do? As it turns out, yes, lot of things.

Matthew Dooley

Ah InterAct, one of the Kings of 3rd party controllers. However, I question the reasoning behind a pool cue controller. It's not like pinball where there were a ton of pinball games on PC and console. I can only recall a handful of pool games. Besides, why I would use a pool cue? I suck at pool. :P Duke Nukem: I ought to break this pool cue off in your ass.

The Enforcer


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