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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 100 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 29 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

... the first few times, but then after that...

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 75 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How often are you dropping your controller?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Frankly, I think this is their way of asking nicely, "Please, take good care of this one in particular— or it'll scream like a magic white boy jungle savior, and nobody wants that, right?" 🤔

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

scream like a magic white boy jungle savior, and nobody wants that, right?" 🤔

Rule 34

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, but they're just thirsty by nature. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Kinda goes without saying. 😝

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

i'm more clumsy than i'd care to admit. also i have cats. and once i sneezed and knocked over an entire row of schooldesks without touching them. and i have cats. probably four or five times a session if i'm using that controller?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it will help remind you not to throw your controller around!

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Surely there would be a way to disable it altogether

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Supposedly it only does it every 5-6 times.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I legit hate the trend of sound designers sneaking that into media. It immediately pulls me out of the story.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a trend, it's a long-standing tradition spanning decades. It's hilarious.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It was fine the first thirty years but now it's no longer a fun Easter egg. So many sound engineers don't think one bit about where they're putting it like in the middle of emotional climax scenes where people are getting bloodied in the face of a nigh impossible uphill battle and stuff.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was fine the first thirty years but now

..sounds like you're just getting old and cranky tbh 🤷🏻

I'm 43 and the number of things that haven't bothered me for decades only to become a source of endless exasperation for no apparent reason in the last 5 or fewer years isn't enormous, but it's not zero either 🤷🏻😄

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You're ten years or so older than me. I'm just passionate about movies.

Now the actual kids on my actual lawn....

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're ten years or so older than me

Some cranky old men get there early 🤷🏻😁

Now the actual kids on my actual lawn....

Damn, look at Richie Rich over he-ah with his own lawn! 😛

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

I share with anyone who brings a cold one or something for the grill

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IDK, that scenario still sounds funny to me

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sure if it was an action comedy, but that doesn't belong in a drama

[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago

Why would you drop your controller like that in the middle of a game? Unless you play eternal darkness I guess, the only game I have ever thrown away my controller...

[–] duplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

I bet this guys fun at parties

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Hey Steam support uh... I was triggering the easter egg and my controller broke. Hm? Where did I drop it? From the roof."

Also: Will it also scream if shot by a gun? 🤔

[–] bright@piefed.social 17 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Why does a controller have a speaker in it?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 82 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It doesn't. The haptic motors which provide vibration and tactile feedback can be used to produce sound.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Doesn't that make them speakers, technically?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 21 points 2 weeks ago

I suppose the argument could be made. It's not their primary function though.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if they function any way similar to the mic/speaker polydirectional thing. 😅

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

Remember those floppy, printer, other old hardware noise music videos? Something like this one. Steam Controller works kind of in a similar way. Tiny motors are able to squeak fast enough to produce multiple waveforms that mimick sound.

[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

haptic feedback of the touchpads can be used to produce sounds.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Plenty of controllers do. They can be used for multiplayer in place of a headset. Some games will also use them for non-world audio, like an audio log or a mission update. You can also use them in conjunction with haptics for communicating menu interaction. A different timbre of click for allowed vs disallowed, for example.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago

For Wii emulation obviously

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The playstation controllers have a speaker. A lot of games use them for interesting things. Like in some games where you can find voice recorders, the recording will play through the controller as if your holding it.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Dying Light did that on the PS4, pretty neat!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

it's neat having the bowstrings ftht from the controller

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Read in a game review that used a PS (?) controller speaker for radio messages that this worked great for immersion

[–] amgine@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I tried to read it but the Adblock pop up prevented me

[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see any popup with ublock origin. Anyway, inside the description, I linked the OG youtube video referenced in the article.

[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Your adblock is from Temu, get uBlock Origin its the original

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

It took me a few times dropping it onto the couch to get it to trigger, now I'm wondering what other Easter eggs are in here