As anyone who's spent a little quality time in Halo 2 on Xbox Live knows, smack talk can be an essential tactic in any encounter. While some people seem content with a quick running tea-bag and the stereotypic "you suck, nyuk nyuk," there's an elite crew online who, emboldened by the anonymous qualities of Xbox Live, have raised the trash talking bar to new and impressive heights.

Snappy comebacks can save your life and reputation if you're unfortunate enough to run into one of this crew, but annunciating coherently can often be difficult in the cacophonous heat of battle. As such, GameDr and Digital Innovations have developed the SmackTalk, a smallish voice-recording dongle that hooks into the 360 controller and headset. Users can record up to five clips via their headset's microphone, which become immediately accessible for playback via the five buttons on the SmackTalk unit on Xbox Live's voice service.



Armed with the SmackTalk you'll be able to relentlessly harass other players with as many gross sound effects and dumb one-liners as you can think of. When others attempt to talk back or drown you out, they'll quickly discover that their old-fashioned human tongues cannot keep up with your modern technology as you mash the SmackTalk's buttons. You might not be making any new friends, but at least you'll get the full rush of sophomoric thrill that is ruining a bunch of other people's days.

The SmackTalk is available for $29.99 from DigitalInnovations.com.

News-Source: gear.ign.com