Travis Johnstone is trying the caveman hobo look. Unfortunately, one of his teammates, James Hawksley started visiting the Salon de Johnstone for a while.
@DssTrainer: Sony reinvented the controller when PS2 controller was released.
No, they didn't. The PS2 controller (aka Dual Shock 2) is pretty much the same as the PSX's Dual Shock, which is just the original PSX's controller with analog sticks. The original PSX controller was just a copy of the SNES controller.
Sony has been using Nintendo's design from day 1. No reinvention required.
As for Microsoft changing the analog stick position, that's wrong too.
Nintendo had the analog stick under the left thumb with the weird three pronged N64 controller, and again with the Gamecube, both of which came before the original Xbox. Sega also did it with the Dreamcast and the Saturn controller for use with Nights into Dreams. Again, before the Xbox.
Microsoft may have screwed up with the initial Xbox controller, but they redesigned it a few times before ending up with the 360 controller as we know now. There is basically no point referring to the Duke (the original Xbox controller) as it is not used for any platform at all.
The Playstation controller was designed before analog sticks were the norm (in fact it's pretty much a straight copy of the SNES controller and the original Playstation's controller did not have analog sticks). So the only thing on the left side was the D-Pad which was the main method of movement.
Likewise the right side had just the buttons.
Once the sticks were introduced, the left stick became the standard movement control and the right became the camera control (typically, obviously there are exceptions).
Normal control schemes these days involve heavy use of the face buttons (A, B, X and Y/X, Circle, Square and Triangle) and heavy use of the left analog stick, with occasional use of the D-Pad and right analog stick.
Following so far?
Grab a 360 controller or a Dual Shock 3, where does your right thumb go? Point up hovering over the buttons, right? But where does your left thumb go?
On the Dual Shock, if goes down to the analog stick, making your hands asymmetrical but on the 360 controller they go up making your hands symmetrical.
Anyone saying that the Dual Shock is superior because the analog sticks are symmetrical are ignoring the fact that making the sticks symmetrical makes your hand position asymmetrical.
Which controller is better is very much subjective and depends on which uses you're putting them towards and what you're used to, but arguing that the symmetry is what makes the Dual Shock superior is completely inane.
@ShadowMonkey:
The platypus? Not too sure, best we can figure is that everyone got drunk and well . . . let's just say a few animals were regretting their choice of bedfellows the next day.