This has to be one of the most hilarious press releases I’ve received and it comes from the boys and girls at Twisted Pixel.  They’ve just released news about a special mode in Ms. Splosion Man called 2 Girls, 1 Controller.  And they promise that it’s one of those modes that can’t be unseen (or unplayed) once you witness it.

I guess you’ll have to be knowledgeable of the disgusting internet video of the same moniker to understand the humor.

The mode is called Two Girls, One Controller, and it allows one player to control two Splosion Gals simultaneously on the same controller.   You use the left analog stick with LB button for one, and the right analog stick with RB for the other.  It takes a keen eye and a whole lot of dexterity to keep these two girls on target, but once you get the rhythm right you’re off and sploding.  Take it from Lead Designer, Sean Riley:

“Hey, I’m Sean Riley, Lead Designer on Ms. Splosion Man and creator of much of the multiplayer campaign.  Designers are social recluses who don’t want to make friends or talk to people, so we designers would always try and play multiplayer on our own instead of ever admitting we needed help.  

Then Chainsaw, our audio dude, had the idea to put both players on one controller, using each stick to control a different player and the bumpers to jump.  It was a great idea, so I stole it and claimed it as my own, and we got it put into the game.  Later on our Lead Programmer, Mike Henry, came up with the idea of calling it 2 girls 1 controller, and as soon as he said it, we knew that’s what the name would have to be.  

We decided that some of our audience out there might also be OCD with no friends and would want to try and beat the multiplayer game all on their own, so we made the mode a special unlockable in the game.  Best of luck, and be very, very, very careful if you ever search for videos of people accomplishing this greatest of challenges.”