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== Scuff Controllers and Gaming Setup ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' And you had a scuff controller for your PlayStation. So scuff is like a controller brand and they make like third party controllers. Do you like it? And like, why do you, why did you go with this? Yeah. I'm just intrigued.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. So I don't think, I don't guess under my desk I showed, but my PlayStation's under my desk. It's hooked into these monitors here. Yeah. That's on my desk. I use, when I play Destiny a lot, that is one of the few games that I've played where I found the benefit of having the assignable paddles underneath the controller. That's one of the things. Only for that game. Like you don't need it. Like I, there's definitely not a lot of need for this type of controller unless you're playing a game that's kind of requiring like two, two inputs at the same time that are equally important and losing the time to, or gaining the time back that you would be from hitting the different buttons, jumping the buttons. You can leave your, your finger on one button.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You've got to get your 360 no scopes, right? So you've got to have your flat.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that's a big, big 360 no scope type of situation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What I actually like about scuff as a brand is that they do make products that look like and are shaped like the official controllers, but they add design or functionality to them. I just think that's like a nice way of doing it. Like a lot of these brands are like, Oh, we're going to make our own thing or whatever.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And I just find that a bit like, so that's actually my second one. I bought one years ago on my PlayStation four. I had that one and I gave that to my son. So he's using that one. And when I got a PlayStation five, I got an upgraded one and I like them, but like, it's, it's like probably unnecessary for the amount of gaming I play now. Right. Cause they're expensive, you know, they're like 200 and some dollar controllers. Um, but like when I played destiny a lot, like I, and if I tried to use a normal controller, I would be immediately annoyed. Like, so it, it does come in handy for when you're a professional gamer, like I am.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You can also make your own custom designs with them too, which is super cool. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And like all the parts are replaceable, right? So like if something happens to it, like I, like I've ordered for my, this controller has lasted a while and I haven't had to change out anything. But on the other ones, like I've replaced paddles, replaced, you know, thumbsticks, all that kind of stuff. And you can do some cool stuff with it. So I, I like they're, they're modular kind of, right? So you can replace parts and it's, it's, and they're really well made. So it's, it's been worth it for me, even though I don't use it. I don't need the added stuff that it has right now, as much as I enjoyed using that in the past.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Such a gamer, you know? Yep. Real pro gamer. You do say at the end that you love your desk and I love that you love your desk. Yeah. You deserve to love your desk.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like it. Like I spend a lot of time, this is where I spend most of my time during the week. So it does get too much for me. And like, we were definitely, that was a perfect time to do the video because we were at the peak there. Right. So, you know, if I took another video today, it would be interesting, but it has a lot less stuff. Like I can see, I can see the desk mostly today, you know, compared to when I did that, but that was, that was purposeful because it gets in that situation far too often where I talk about vertical storage a lot. Like that's my biggest problem. Like vertical, just like hoarding, like things, stacks upon stacks upon stacks, and then not doing anything with them instead of doing things, you know, more proactively to put things in the right spot. So yeah, it's still a little bit of a mess. The other thing I didn't really go into just when I was turning around is like all of my review products are in a bin here. Like all my giveaway products are in a tote bag here. Like I keep, I have, I store a lot of stuff like behind me or to the side of me. Like I didn't go through, like, I'm just like, I did an jet pins unboxing. I was on Twitch yesterday. So like I unboxed all that stuff. And right now it's just sitting on top of the, the review box, right? It's like, okay, now I need to like audit these things and decide this goes here, this goes there, you know, this goes for review, this goes for giveaway, like all of that stuff, like just sits in limbo kind of off the desk behind me until I figure out something to do with. That's a whole nother point of contention for me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Thank you for sharing your desk. Thank you for rising to the challenge.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It was, it was fun. It was fun. I like doing that stuff. So yeah, I don't mind. I just, I just wish I had a better, I was just mad. I couldn't like record it how I wanted to record it, but I made it work in the end. So it was super weird. I thought it came out great. We got it done. We got it done.

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