MrHermito

That's what I try to do every time... no, I need to build a standup arcade cabinet so that you can use the TV. Oh don't worry about the holes on the wall, it's an intercom system to wake up the kids easier in the mornings lol

Not if you seal it with CA or some other finisher. I still have this very pen and it looks exactly the same still. If you are making outdoor stuff maybe sun + environment might change it, in fact I'm almost certain it would, but on pens I can personally say at least 5 years with no change .

The way we are going to hack it is by soldering a wire to the side of the circuit on each button that isn't ground/common this means that if you used a SNES pad you will have 8 wires? That part? If that's what you are asking about it simply means that there are two contact points pert button, so you would need to attach a wire to each button, and that wire needs to be attached to the contact that is not ground. If your question was why I put it that way it's because with the controller unplugged it's far easier to test for the ground (aka common) than it is to search for the other.