October 30, 2008

Harmonix Beatles Exclusive

I don’t normally post news on this blog because, well, everyone does news. But this particular news item is probably the single biggest announcement in rhythm game history, so I’m reposting it.

THE BEATLES INSPIRE NEW MUSIC VIDEO GAME; APPLE CORPS LTD., MTV AND HARMONIX COME TOGETHER FOR UNPRECEDENTED DEAL

Exclusive Agreement Set to Bring The Beatles [...]

October 26, 2008

Guitar Hero: World Tour Guitar Identified

You may remember my previous post relating various fake plastic guitars to their real world equivalents.

At the time I hadn’t heard of any particular inspiration for the new Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar, so we were informally calling it the generitar or the genericaster. Well, we don’t have to any more: the “Schecter Classic” or [...]

October 21, 2008

Rock Band 2 – Twenty Free Songs Revealed

The 20 “free” songs that are bundled with every new* copy of Rock Band 2 were finally revelaled. YouTube links (if available) when clicked:

The 88 – “Sons and Daughters”
Authority Zero – “No Regrets”
Between the Buried and Me – “Prequel To The Sequel”
The Cab – “Bounce”
The Chevelles – “Get It On”
The Cocktail Slippers – “Give It [...]

October 20, 2008

Emergency Parties

Things getting dull at home? Wish you had a way, at the touch of a button, to liven things up and make it a party? Wish no more! You too can build the Emergency Party Button!

What you’re seeing is a programmed script that does the following:

Turn off hallway light
Close the blinds
Turn on the fog machine [...]

October 18, 2008

Beware the Rock Revolution

Konami’s oddball guitar and drum title Rock Revolution was just released, with decidely.. mixed.. results.

Rock Revolution supports standard Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar controllers. However, this is the game with its own weirdo seven input (six panels plus foot pedal) drum controller.

The game is compatible with existing Rock Band drums — you can switch [...]

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