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  • Football Hero mod probably the biggest 'Hero' yet

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    Justin McElroy
    Justin McElroy
    10.27.2009

    The next time your friends complain about soccer being boring, you can do something slightly more productive than silently mocking their boorish lack of sophistication. You can show them this video of "Football Hero" (after the break), which consists of soccer players kicking balls into a gigantic, vibration-sensitive screen to play Frets on Fire, a freeware adaptation of Guitar Hero's core gameplay. Then, just for us, make sure you convince them that every soccer match is exactly like this. [Via Engadget]

  • Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)

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    Vlad Savov
    Vlad Savov
    10.27.2009

    Some folks say less is more, but we'll bet they never saw Guitar Hero being played by kicking footballs against a giant wall. This epic undertaking will give your plastic axe a major inadequacy complex with its huge wall-mounted piezo vibration sensors and absurdly large fretboard projection. An Arduino acts as the conduit between the contact sensors and a PC running the freeware Frets on Fire. The outcome from such a relatively simple setup is pretty astounding, and you can check it out in the videos past the break, including some behind the scenes footage.