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Valve today revealed the most popular controller among its PC gaming audience is the good old Xbox 360. It's still one of the easiest to use.

The instructions use an old SNES controller, though you could likely recreate it with any old school gamepad. There's even an optional mod for a built-in accelerometer to control the mouse.