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Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You may have heard that Valve’s new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. But did you know it can sing songs, too? Let me show you. Here’s the new Steam Controller performing the “Ground Theme” from Super Mario Bros. 2: Here is “Still Alive” from Portal — fitting for Valve hardware: Are you wondering how the controller, which does not have a speaker, is able to make audio at all? Valve’s first Steam Controller, even though it was discontinued, was a great gadget for tinkerers — someone even wrote an open-source program to make it “sing.” Fast forward to now, less than a month

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Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.…

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Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. And a bunch of other songs, thanks to the haptic motors in the controller. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and…

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