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This guy did a wireless guitar controller for last year’s awesome PS/2 game Guitar Hero (think dance pad / karaoke game - with a fake guitar with one string and five frets).

the first comment-posted on the related /. slug for this asks the valid question (paraphrased): “Isn’t the time spent playing Guitar Hero perhaps better-spent learning to play an actual guitar?”

I did ask myself that question - prior to experiencing the power of the game and becoming hooked a few months ago. All I can say is that with a real guitar, lightning bolts and stuff don’t fly out of the guitar when you hold it directly up… unless you’re a member of the band Lightning Bolt, in which case said effects probably do happen.

rds