I received a random call on Friday night from a writer at The Telegraph. He was going to try out a new gaming vest that replicates the feeling of getting shot by channeling sharp blasts of air into concentrated areas.

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Maybe it was the fact that I was being prevented from going down to the pub at this point, but I told the journalist at the time that it sounded like one of the worst ideas I’d ever heard. I get about a million emails a week about new gaming peripherals, and the ’3rd Space Vest’ sounded like another crackpot inventor making a product just because he could, regardless of whether or not he should. Call of Duty 4′s quite real enough without the sensation of being shot, thank you very much.

Sadly, that quote didn’t make the article. Instead, I seem to have gone into full-on PR mode.

“I haven’t tried this particular product. Whether it is successful may depend on whether its creators can get the support of major developers so that new games are specifically programmed to make the experience genuinely more realistic.”

The full article is available online here.