You know how you can pick up a standard Xbox 360 Wireless Controller and a Play & Charge kit for $70 at GameStop? Well, what if I said you can pay the same amount of money for a far uglier version of the same thing? What? Exactly. You’d punch me in the face.

On that note, Major Nelson has revealed that Microsoft and GameStop have “got together” to design this exclusive limited edition Wireless Controller. The fruits of this unholy union are pictured above. Microsoft mouthpiece Nelson describes it thus:

“a new design which sports black carbon fiber with red accents.”

When I hear the word “accent,” it makes me think of something subtle, maybe a little understated, yet still sleek and a bit hip. This controller is anything but subtle, understated, or those other adjectives I just used. It’s fugly.

If you do yearn to own this (why?) when it comes out Monday, it’ll be sold (with a matching Play & Charge kit, for $70) through GameStop, EB Games and Micromania retailers in the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand.

[Major Nelson, via Joystiq]

GameStop-exclusive Xbox 360 controller ain’t got no alibi, it’s ugly is a post from: The Inquisitr

A Magnapinna squid has been captured on video by Shell, the oil company some mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater. This incredibly ugly, alien looking squid appears to have squid elbows.

The Magnapinna squids are rarely seen and this one was captured on film in an exciting find by a Shell oil company remotely operated vehicle. The squid was filmed just hanging around at the Perdido oil and gas site in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell has only recently revealed the footage despite the fact that it is 12 months old.

Imagine how many squid rings you would get out of one of those arms. I’ll have a side of chips as well.

Check out the creepy video courtesy of Shell Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.

Magnapinna – hideously ugly alien squid video is a post from: The Inquisitr