Ostrich Leather Adorns Luxurious French Arcade Stick

[Tom Goldman]

Ostrich Leather Adorns Luxurious French Arcade Stick

Ostriches were murdered so that a French company could wrap a new arcade stick in their skin.

A fancy French company called Hoon that sells leather jackets, belts, and jewelery is throwing its hat into the arcade stick business. It's teamed up with European videogame peripheral manufacturer Neo Legend to create a super luxurious stick called the Hoon Entertainment System.

The HES was manufactured by hand in a "specialised Parisian workshop" (a workshop in Paris). It's colored midnight blue, made out of lacquered oak wood, and features sides and corners upholstered with ostrich leather. Wow.

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For all its luxury, I've got to say that the HES is pretty damn ugly. Maybe it looks better in person, but from photos it's not too appealing to my personal aesthetic. Maybe the fancy pantses out there can appreciate it more.

It's compatible with the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, and will be available from Hoon's website [http://www.hoon.fr/] and a boutique in Paris on February 18, 2011. Price hasn't yet been revealed, but if you're the type of person that needs a dead ostrich to be associated with your gaming habits, I don't think price is an issue.

Source: Engadget [http://www.hoon.fr/#/news]

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[dalek sec]

I gotta admit as well, this thing looks ugly as sin. How is that all these high "luxury" arcade machines and control pads are so damn ugly? You think with all that money you could make a decent model.... D:

 

[AngryMongoose]

That thing is ugly, despite that fact you could easily make something fancy looking using those materials.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

Those are pretty ugly, although I have no problems killing ostriches in itself.

 

[esperandote]

PETA bait.

I'll wait for the alligator version.

 

[Senaro]

PETA bait.

I'll wait for the alligator version.

Pretty much this. I'm just waiting for the inevitable backlash about how gamers hate animals.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Oh God, those "dots" on the Skin look revolting!

But to be fair, I've never really been a fan of leather of any variety in the first place. Not for animal cruelty whatever, just out of taste.

 

[Lonewolfu571]

Well, I suppose now we see the political leanings of Mr. Tom Goldman. "Ostriches were murdered," really now? It's not like a zebra pelt, in which you'd after to go out to a game reserve and shoot a wild animal, instead ostriches are FARMED, like cows, pigs, and chickens. There really are ostrich farms out there, even in the United States. In fact, a friend of mine owns an ostrich/emu farm.

To say these ostriches were "murdered" for some ugly-as-sin game stick would be to say I committed genocide at a crawfish boil or that I sickly mutilated some poor cow to get my cheeseburger. All of these animals were legally bred in captivity from animals in captivity for the express purpose of using their meat and/or hides. Besides, I'm sure their either going to sell or donate the meat from the ostrich; it's a whole new level to "tastes like chicken" when the bird is the size of a full grown man. Problem, PETA man?

 

[Reed Spacer]

I'm waiting for the <a href=http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Bangaa>Bangaa-skinned gamepad, myself...

 

[Ralen-Sharr]

it's ugly and huge... does it even have enough functions for a modern console?

looks like FAIL to me

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Ugly...but how is it's performance?

 

[Tom Goldman]

Well, I suppose now we see the political leanings of Mr. Tom Goldman. "Ostriches were murdered," really now? It's not like a zebra pelt, in which you'd after to go out to a game reserve and shoot a wild animal, instead ostriches are FARMED, like cows, pigs, and chickens. There really are ostrich farms out there, even in the United States. In fact, a friend of mine owns an ostrich/emu farm.

To say these ostriches were "murdered" for some ugly-as-sin game stick would be to say I committed genocide at a crawfish boil or that I sickly mutilated some poor cow to get my cheeseburger. All of these animals were legally bred in captivity from animals in captivity for the express purpose of using their meat and/or hides. Besides, I'm sure their either going to sell or donate the meat from the ostrich; it's a whole new level to "tastes like chicken" when the bird is the size of a full grown man. Problem, PETA man?

It was just a joke, sir, to emphasize how silly it is to wrap an arcade stick in ostrich leather. I murder ostriches every day for kicks.

 

[TraumaHound]

I think it'd be rather appropriate for playing Joust on MAME. Of course, then I'd want two.

 

[megs1120]

Oh God, those "dots" on the Skin look revolting!

But to be fair, I've never really been a fan of leather of any variety in the first place. Not for animal cruelty whatever, just out of taste.

Seriously, I mean, I love leather shoes, but ostrich leather is hideous, and putting any kind of leather on a gamepad is absolutely pointless.

 

[megs1120]

I think it'd be rather appropriate for playing Joust on MAME. Of course, then I'd want two.

You just blew my mind.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I... why?
It's so ugly and excessive; it's like Che Guevara's nightmare.

 

[Quesa]

... Ugh, I mean, the skin's awful, but.. the rest of it is just ghastly, that ugly white border, the screws are ugly, the bolted on blue thing is ugly, the button layout is ugly... wow.

 

[Tim Latshaw]

I think it'd be rather appropriate for playing Joust on MAME. Of course, then I'd want two.

You have earned the rightful victory of this thread, sir. 'Tis all yours!

 

[icyneesan]

Id rather have the arcade stick embedded in a living ostrich then to have its skin covering the stick