video game peripherals library

Before you can play the game, you’ve got to know your peripherals. Learn how joysticks, light guns and other devices work.

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How does the light gun for a video game work?

How does a video-game light gun work? How does the game know where the gun is aiming? See the technology behind this popular video game accessory.

How Joysticks Work

Video games are amazing creations, but the fact remains that if you input you can't play. Take a look inside the quintessential game controller and see how it has evolved over the years.

How Media Chairs Work

With built-in surround-sound speakers, amps and subwoofers, media chairs just might be the next big thing in home theater and gaming systems. What makes a chair a media chair?

Pistol or Battle Rifle?

The Pistol, the Battle Rifle -- the debate raged among Halo fans as to which gun is best. HowStuffWorks gets to the bottom of this question by going straight to the source.