I am an off-again/on-again gamer and it has been since before 2003 that I had my latest video-gaming stint.
A friend recently introduced me to Left 4 Dead on the Xbox360 a couple of weeks ago, and it was a great time blasting zombies away in two-player cooperative split-screen mode. There was only one problem: I don’t have a gaming console, I have computers.
So I first searched for gaming controllers for the PC. I had heard that the Xbox360 controllers can be used with a PC (and Left 4 Dead for the PC comes pre-configured to work with such a controller); but I came across the Logitech Cordless RumblePad2 for a much lower price (by making FutureShop match the lowest price on my search of ShopBot.ca) and bought 2 of them.
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The Logitech controller comes with Wingman Profiler software that allows you to customize and remap joystick axes and buttons to any keyboard, mouse, or game controller command. The ability to program an analog joystick to control the mouse makes it possible to use a RumblePad2 for any first-person perspective shooter (fps) game. Good enough to prevent me from needing to get a console like an Xbox, PS3, or Wii for my very light gaming needs.
To my dismay, when I got myself a copy of Left 4 Dead for the PC, I learned that it does not officially support two-player split-screen out of the box (read on to find out how to enabled this feature) Read the rest of this entry »
