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How To Play Poker With Your Rock Band Guitar

Posted by timothy on from the jumprope-can-be-hifi-if-it's-got-usb dept.

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?

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  1. Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet that guy rocks at poker.

  2. I don't understand? by Useful+Wheat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't really understand why this is news. I have a friend that can kick your ass at any fighting game using the guitar instead of a controller. Myself, I've played Halo with the rock band drum kit, and I had 1 kill. You can't move or fire, but you can do the melee hit, which I used to ambush people who thought I was AFK. I've played several Xbox live games with the guitar, including that free side scrolling shooter. The main disadvantage was I couldn't go left or right, but up and down was easy, and all you really need. The controls for poker are so trivial I can't imagine this took more than 5 minutes of effort. The real story would be if he was playing counterstrike with the guitar, or if he was writing software with the guitar instead of using a keyboard. Because really, what coder wouldn't want to strum a guitar and have code flow from his awesome chords?

  3. Re:That's one good use for the kiddy guitar by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 4, Funny

    And it seems your obsession with BadAnalogyGuy has led to this post. Now ask yourself, which obsession is creepier?

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