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Joey Nariano [animal-style] demonstrates his GBC Gameboy Foot Controller.

OT: Electronic Arts has introduced the latest in its series of Sims games - The Sims DJ.
The Sims DJ is a $5 iPod Game for third-generation iPod nanos, fifth-generation iPods, and iPod classics.
Description:
The Sims DJ lets you create a Sim character, play, mix and scratch songs from your iTunes library to make crowds of Sims dance, and move [...]

From the because it was there category:
Sebastian Tomczak posted this video of a working prototype version of an interface that controls the sound chip inside of a (real) Sega Master System using MIDI data. 

Activision announced today that it is taking its Guitar Hero franchise into new territory, with Guitar Hero World Tour:
Guitar Hero World Tour will marry Guitar Hero’s guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines the most advanced wireless instruments with revolutionary new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a slick newly [...]

GeeksDreamgirl has an interesting take on using Dungeons & Dragon dice to stimulate your musical creativity.
Here’s her take on two of the more important dice:
d8
The d8 is perfect for learning scale degrees and practicing sight-singing.
Your first step is to grab a piece of staff paper and write out the scale you’re going to sight-sing in, [...]

Littlescale demos syncing Nanoloop, a real-time Gameboy sequencer/synth, to Ableton Live:
Part 1

Nanoloop on a Gameboy (whose audio is coming in on track 2) is synchronised to the drums playing in Ableton (track 1). This is to test out a new interface I have been working on that syncs Nanoloop to a MIDI clock.
Part 2

Mario Paint Composer is a remake of the music system from the original Mario Paint for the Super NES. It is a free music application made by unFun Games. It’s available for both Windows and Mac.
It’s a pretty limited app - but that’s part of the [...]

Here’s something out of left field:
Shredz64 is a modern day game for the Commodore 64 that makes use of the Playstation guitar controller hooked through the PSX64 interface.
Its design is modeled after the popular “Guitar Hero” series, geared toward the ability to play along to your favorite C64 music on the guitar. Correctly played notes [...]