So, the other day, the first images of the Playstation 5 controller were finally released, and I have to say, it’s a sleek piece of hardware.  As a friend of mine put it, it’s like they took the time travel suits from Avengers: Endgame, and turned them into a controller.  He’s not entirely wrong–this thing is slick.  And in a roundabout way, that brings us to today’s word.

chassis, noun –  the supporting frame of a structure (as a vehicle or appliance); also: the frame and working parts (as of a car or electronic device), exclusive to the body or housing

Learned from:  MissionForce: Cyberstorm  (PC)

Developed by Dynamix

Published by Sierra Entertainment (1996)

MissionForce: Cyberstorm has the kind of title you might get from taking a few spins on an X-TREME ’90s version of roulette.  But as a game, it was a somewhat deep, turn-based strategy game with mechs–mechs that you could customize from chassis, to loadouts, to pilots.  But really, what it might be best-known for (if indeed, it’s known at all these days), is the fact that each box came with two copies of the game.  These days, with all the worry over piracy, and the invasive DRM software in place to try and fight it, giving away an extra copy of a game for free would be nigh-unthinkable.  Then again, maybe the developers weren’t confident enough that it would sell, without giving it that extra push, to help generate word of mouth (and considering the quality of the game, that wouldn’t be surprising).  Either way, it was a cool little bonus at the time.

This is the DualSense controller for the PS5.  Its design is futuristic, sleek, and pretty damn appealing if I do say so myself.

 

This is the box for MissionForce: Cyberstorm.  It’s, erm….none of those things.