Feb 17, 4:03 pm
How many gaming accessories does a gamer get through in a year?
Two? Three? Accessories like pads and headsets are fairly sturdy things these days. With the right care they can last for many months, even years.
Since March 2006, I’ve gone through three wired Xbox Live headsets, one Live vision camera, two Playstation 2 pads and two DS chargers. No, it’s not because I’m a maniac who likes to set fire to my worldy posessions. It’s because a ball of fluff keeps eating them. And he’s a rabbit.
Not my bunny, but possibly the world’s biggest Rub Rabbits fan.
Rabbits seem like fairly easy animals to own, don’t they? That’s what I thought when I decided to buy one and keep it as a house pet. Just feed it a few carrots here and there, give it a bit of a hop around in the living room, and Bugs’s your uncle.
But house rabbits are, contrary to popular knowledge, cunning little buggers. Those cute little ears are actually state-of-the-art wire detectors. They can sniff out any wire, be it from a sound system, television or wired headset from three hundred metres away. It doesn’t matter how often you think you’ve hidden everything or blocked everything off. Give them enough time, and they’ll find them. Big ones. Small ones. Thick ones. Thin ones. Ones connected to frighteningly large amounts of electricity. Any wires will do.
Two nights ago, my last Xbox 360 Live headset bit the dust. Or rather, it was bitten to dust. I thought it was safe. It was cradled beside me on the sofa, when my little furry friend hopped up and, well… It’s still quite painful to talk about.
Headset R.I.P.
Perhaps he was getting jealous of me paying too much attention to the bunnies in Rayman Raving Rabbids. Or maybe it was his way of saying we need to communicate with each other better. But I just can’t stay mad at him when I see those little grey wires dangling from his cute little mouth. He’s the only male on the planet who can happily destroy my gaming hardware and still get a cuddle at the end of an evening.
Either way, the wireless revolution in gaming can’t come quick enough for me. By the time the wireless PS3 pads arrive, the rabbit might have eaten his way through my television. Speaking of which, I “lost” my USB keyboard a week ago - right about the time I put him on a diet…
