Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers 🌎

Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers offers a vibrant visual guide to the world of game controllers, their design, history, and amazing ability to transform who we are, and what we are capable of – presented through 560 stunning photos. Video game controllers are more than simple peripherals. They are our physical connection to digital worlds – a tool that empowers us to live out the fantasies that games provide. They let us swing swords, strafe enemies, hammer goalmouths, build cities, hack and slash, punch and counter, leap between platforms, command vehicles, and so much more. Over its 396 pages, Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers looks at the joysticks that started it all, numerous classic gamepads, impactful innovations, iconic oddities and everything in between. Co-authored by veteran game journalist Steve Jarratt and gaming expert and photographer Christian Wenk, Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers profiles 200 remarkable devices from Wenk’s personal collection. The book is built around the aforementioned photographs, all taken by Wenk exclusively for Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers , resulting in a luxurious tribute to some of the most recognisable gadgets on Earth.