How To Play Poker With Your Rock Band Guitar 121
An anonymous reader writes 'Sean Lind over at PokerListings has written a really interesting piece on how to configure Rock Band (or Guitar Hero) instruments to use them as controllers for playing online poker. The instructions given in his how-to could really be used to configure the instruments for any game.' Or how about a genuine chording keyboard?
That's nothing. (Score:3, Interesting)
Those guys actually play music with it. [youtube.com]
Other mods for a guitar controller... (Score:2, Interesting)
Seriously, this isn't a hardhack. All USB PS3 controllers can be plugged right into your computer (I also use an arcade stick like a sampler/drum machine). From there you use it like any HID. That means if your app supports HID you can use the controller for free. If not, you can use a program like joy2key or something.
Re:That's one good use for the kiddy guitar (Score:3, Interesting)
Attraction is almost never rational, or, at least, the underlying bits are rational if you think about it but there isn't always a lot of conscious thought involved. Thus, even if the underlying bits make perfect sense, it's still not rational as being rational requires thinking.
Anyway, as a woman, I'll offer this bit of insight that may explain part of this (not very) baffling phenomena. I may get my chick card revoked for sharing this, but my ties to the nerd community are more important than the duties of sisterhood, so here goes:
Most of us tend to like guys who aren't self-important assholes. That means guys who can have fun, often at their own expense. So, guys who can get into a game like Rock Band and act like fools at it in a charming way are probably not self-important assholes. Assuming they are fair to middling in all other respects, demonstrating a capacity for merriment with plastic instruments can, therefore, tip the balance and lead to nookie.
Interestingly, many guys I've met who can play guitar (and ALL of the guys I've met who find it necessary to whine that Rock Band and Guitar Hero aren't REALLY playing guitar) are, in fact, self-important assholes who take themselves way too seriously, and thus almost infinitely unattractive.