in the web-video-game review show, james rolfe's "the angry video game nerd", rolfe's character is shown as being very frustrated with trying to use the controllers and pro-line trak ball as neither of them work properly. other instances of web game review shows disliking the controller are on shows such as mark bussler's "classic game room", where the host is shown stating that the atari 5200 controllers are the worst game console controllers of all time.