On Joysticks, Breasts, and My Trackpad Clitoris

I was doing some research for a–fingers crossed–book chapter the other day and I came across the interesting story of the 1973 Atari arcade game, Gotcha. Though it’s a maze game, Gotcha is often considered one of the first titles to register on the sex-in-games radar, since its designers replaced the distinctly phallic joysticks usually found on arcade machines with two breast-like pink plastic blogs. The game, needless to say, proved less than successful, and the controllers later got altered. Still, as silly as boob controllers sound (and look), the idea does make you think about the bodily symbolism of the interfaces we use day to day.

Tags: gamers, sex