The next article will deal with adult themes.

There was a legend in my high school about turning your PlayStation 2 into an ersatz vibrator by building a custom skate park in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3. Create a circular grind rail, turn off the ability to fall, jump on it and your DualShock will launch into an endless frenzy of haptic feedback. It’s an idea that the Motorbunny team takes to its logical conclusion, adding a wireless controller for its eponymous ride on the sex toy that can connect to a DualSense controller. The purpose of this is that you can combine the start of your game and the descent. And yes, I am ashamed to write that sentence.

The company was at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevadafeaturing the PlayMate, its wireless dongle that can control the beefy saddle-style toy. In its demo, the PlayMate was plugged into the USB-C port on the back of a DualSense that controlled a PS5 game. Rocket League. Except there’s no way to get haptics data from the DualSense, or any other gaming handset, for that matter. Instead, it has a built-in gyroscope that tracks how aggressively you pitch and tilt your controller, and uses that information to control the Motorbunny. It’s not as good as Tony Hawk plan from 2001, but at least enable some people to combine two of their hobbies at the same time.

The PlayMate is one of a series of products released by the company, including a series of less expensive vibes under the Fluffer label. This is a sub-brand designed to tie in the worlds of gaming and sex, with the app even having some arcade games that you can use to control your toys. In a demo, there is a Flappy Bird clone that increases the intensity of the vibration the longer you keep the bird in the air. Unfortunately the company isn’t ready to share pricing and availability details yet, but it says a whole host of products will hit the market in the coming months.