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Impromptu product for impromptu gaming

December 11, 2006 by Adam DuVander

Three of my college friends have launched a fun product called DS Buttons. DS is Nintendo’s next generation GameBoy, a portable gaming device.

Says Sean:

The basic premise is that attaching a set of DS Buttons to an accessory will advertise to the world that you have a DS and are willing to engage in random, unsensored multiplayer action. 6 weeks ago we had an idea. Today we launch the buttons.

Calling this an impromptu product isn’t all that accurate, because they put a lot of planning into this. I love how quickly they took this simple idea live. Somewhere they also found the time to create an elegant site with a must-see, click-and-drag shopping cart.

Click-and-drag DS Buttons shopping cart

Tom dripped an introduction before he left for Chile. The world still awaits John’s announcement.

Great job, fellas!

Update: John has added his introduction, including a great peak at how he came up with the idea.

Comments

  1. Sean says

    December 11, 2006 at 11:38 pm

    Hey Duv,

    Thanks for the kind words! As for the cart, well, that’s what happens when three nerds go, “oooo, drag and drop. Must do drag and drop.”

    I had to punch John in the face to get him to agree to it. He wanted one that would work in text-only browsers. Anyway, thanks again!

    Sean

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