A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller
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We’re kicking off our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries today, starting with “touch.” *The Verge’s *William Poor explores a controller crisis in the Nintendo 64 speedrunning community, and follows one speedrunner’s quest to recreate a mythical controller he lost.

Further reading/viewing:

• How Sticks Are Sabotaging Speedrunners (Stick Crisis History))

• abney317 on Twitch)

• The Quest to Beat abney317)

• Mariokart64.com)

• More on Beck Abney’s controller problems)

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