Everyone's got a complaint about console controllers--the original Xbox's controller was too big and clunky, the N64 thing was just odd, and the Sixaxis might as well be redubbed the Suxaxis. But, one day in the not-too-far-future, we might not need controllers at all, thanks to researchers at Washington University professors, who managed to hook up the brain of 14-year old to a machine that allowed him to control a game of Space Invaders with his mind.

Now, I'm all for getting rid of controllers altogether--the price drop alone would make it worth it--but the apparent inevitablity of intellect-controlled gaming has some scary consequences. "Blaming the controller" for your failings will be a thing of the past. Manage to suck it up in a game and, sorry to say, it's probably going to be because you just weren't smart enough. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for folks everywhere.

Also, what happens to the future of flinging your controller in a blind fury after a frustrating game manages to suck out the last vestiges of your human logic and leaves you slathering, slobbering beast? It's not like you can hurl your mind against the wall. At least not yet... perhaps the folks at Washington University are working on that next.