Has there ever been a more ironic name for a gaming peripheral? Probably, since this is only the third on this list, but this is definitely the worst so far. As in, the Dream Machine is more like the stuff of nightmares. Unless you really wish that you could sit in a sex swing whilst playing The Last Of Us. Really heighten the post-apocalyptic drama of it all. A specialist item produced by a company based out of Australia, the Dream Machine is actually not far off of that description it's a seat suspended on chains in the middle of a metal tripod, which apparently lets the entire seat tilt based on your movements. Because motion sickness is the thing really missing from modern gaming. But no, it's even worse than that. You don't move based on what you're doing in the game, you control the game with your movement. You strap your arms into the set of handlebars, and then you swing yourself around, with the movements apparently translated onto the screen. People used to try and play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on a Dance Dance Revolution dance mat for a joke, and that still seems more user-friendly than flinging yourself about on a fancy tire swing to try and expect it to actually work. Which is probably why their website isn't active any more.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
