Game console connect to MacBook?

Perhaps this isn't the best place to ask this question, but I'm looking for a way to connect a Nintendo Game Cube to my MacBook, since I don't have a television. Would I need emulators? Is there a cord that someone manufactures for that purpose?
Any info you can provide (even if it's info on a better place to post such a question) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Did some searching around for you. There are two possibilities--one easy, one difficult/illegal. So let's stick with the easy way.
What you need is the EyeTV from Elgato (Pinnacle makes a similar product, though I don't know if it works in this capacity). This will allow you to use your Macbook's screen as an pseudo-external monitor. I say "pseudo" because it appears to do all of this through the hardware as an app, so you never have to leave OS X.
*This might only apply to processing over-the-air signals, I have no idea--->*Since you're on a Macbook, it might be a better choice to go with the EyeTV 250 Plus (as opposed to the USB stick), as it does all of the encoding with its own hardware, rather than from your Macbook's processor.
This guy has his XBOX360 hooked up to his Macbook with some instructions in the description box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FXqSz1IGjc
I personally have never used the EyeTV, but it looks pretty cool--you can even get cable on your mac since you don't have a tv!

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