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The story of the Duke, the Xbox pad that existed because it had to

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Denise Chaudhari had never touched a gamepad before stepping onto Microsofts campus as a contractor. The first woman to join the Xbox team, Chaudhari had studied ergonomics and industrial design at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design but didnt have any experience with joysticks. Thats part of why Xboxs Jim Stewart was so excited to bring her on board: Her ideas wouldnt be based on preconceived notions of what a gamepad had to be.

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