Hardcore Gamer: Let’s stop the mindless worship for a second and be honest: touchscreen gaming stinks. Sure, there are games that excel on the platform, like Super Hexagon, Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, but the majority of titles would play better with physical controls. Even though tablets and smartphones have dominated the market for five years, we’re finally seeing the emergence of solutions for this aggravating gamer problem.
The MOGA Pocket Controller is now available in Australia exclusively at EB Games, offering a new mobile gaming experience for Android smartphone or tablets. Turning your devices into cross-platform mobile gaming systems.
The MOGA Pocket Controller features dual analogue sticks, shoulder triggers and four action buttons, connecting to your device via Bluetooth. Using the MOGA Arm to secure your device, the controller offers ergonomic portability while minimising wrist fatigue.
Mobile gaming is a social phenomena that has really taken off in recent years, and encapsulates everyone from commuters, to moms, to everything in between. Leading the charge in converting mobile gamers to the controller experience, PowerA has debuted the MOGA Android Controller, a device that converts your Android gaming experience into one more akin to what a console gamer might have on the Xbox 360 or PS3.
Heavy sat down with developers of the MOGA Mobile controller for Android and played some classic and recent games to the tune of Crazy Taxi, Grand Theft Auto III and Muffin Knight. Here's what we thought.
Stevivor's Damian Cavanagh writes, "Mobile gaming has come a very long way since the days of Snake on a Nokia LCD screen. Now not only have the phones changed dramatically, but the games we play on them have made leaps and bounds as well. We’re seeing titles that were originally tied to consoles now appearing on our phone screens. This, of course, is fantastic, but if the Maker didn’t bless you with slender fingers, then partaking in your favourite game on your mobile device just isn’t the experience it should be.
"Enter the MOGA Pocket for Android."
No D-pad?!