Patent ID: 8727878

Claim:
A video game controller for playing a video game having a game environment in display, the video game controller comprising: a tablet pad including a surface that detects pressure applied to the tablet pad by a user; a stylus configured to be used by the user to provide pressure to the tablet pad and alter the game environment by drawing shapes directly in the game environment, wherein the video game replaces the shapes in the game environment with a computer-rendered shape in the game environment; at least one accelerometer configured to measure the movement and orientation of the video game controller; a microprocessor in communication with the tablet pad and the at least one accelerometer, the microprocessor configured to associate a coordinate value to the pressure applied to the tablet pad by the user; a port in communication with the microprocessor, the port configured to communicate with a video game system, wherein the microprocessor transmits the coordinate value to the video game system through the port for altering the game environment by drawing the shapes within the game environment of the video game.