Shack Reels: Hands-on With Steam Controller & Alienware Steam Machine

Andrew sits down with Alienware's Chris Sutphen to talk about the new Steam Controller and Alienware Steam Machine at E3 2015!

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Curious about the Steam Controller and Steam Machines? Andrew gets to go hands-on with both while talking to Chris Sutphen about the new Alienware Steam Machine.

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    July 6, 2015 3:30 PM

    Shack Staff posted a new article, Shack Reels: Hands-on With Steam Controller & Alienware Steam Machine

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      July 6, 2015 3:33 PM

      Is the sound flipped or am I crazy?

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      July 6, 2015 3:41 PM

      Nice. So how did it feel in Borderlands and City Skylines? It looked liked the sensitivity needed some tweaking in Borderlands to me.

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      July 6, 2015 3:55 PM

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      July 6, 2015 7:06 PM

      I would like to see a demo of it being used to play a much more keyboard/mouse intensive game like an MMO, Diablo III, or and RTS. I know it can be done. You can do that now with Pinnacle Profiler or Xpadder ( using an XBox 360 gamepad ) and profiles have been made for these types of games. But how much better could it be using a Steam Controller instead?

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      July 6, 2015 7:10 PM

      if the analog is going to be used way more than the left dpad, why dont they swap it like the xbox controller

      bad decision (for my megan fox thumbs)

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        July 6, 2015 7:16 PM

        you have toes for thumbs...?

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          July 6, 2015 7:18 PM

          my left thumb is shorter than my right..its like a toe yes. its from playing snes as a kid

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            July 6, 2015 7:36 PM

            I wouldn't attribute a shorter thumb to playing video games

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              July 6, 2015 7:38 PM

              nah trust me, I pressed the dpad really hard as a kid. what happens is the snes dpad would breakdown and I would have to press it even harder. theres no other reason why my left thumb would be fat and shorter than my right thumb. I was basically raised by the snes, played it daily

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                July 6, 2015 7:46 PM

                what happened is you're part northern europe, likely from the islands

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                July 6, 2015 7:57 PM

                rip hands. should sue nintendo. Call up kenclopz

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                July 6, 2015 8:47 PM

                If that were remotely possible I would not have thumbs now. They would be gone.

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