We’re kicking off our “Five Senses of Gaming” miniseries today, starting with “touch.” The Verge’s William Poor explores a controller crisis in the Nintendo 64 speedrunning community, and follows one speedrunner’s quest to recreate a mythical controller he lost.Further reading/viewing:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzq1IXt79SQ">How Sticks Are Sabotaging Speedrunners (Stick Crisis History)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://m.twitch.tv/abney317">abney317 on Twitch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqlUbLasZ-M">The Quest to Beat abney317</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mariokart64.com">Mariokart64.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://beckabney.com/mk64/controller.html">More on Beck Abney’s controller problems</a></li>
</ul>Email us at <a href="mailto:vergecast@theverge.com">vergecast@theverge.com</a> or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller

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