Remember that Mad Catz full-size Stratocaster guitar controller? I couldn’t resist its siren call. I am now the embarrassedproud owner of my very own sunburst fake Stratocaster. The first thing you need to know about the Mad Catz Rock Band Wireless Fender Stratocaster Replica is that IT IS ENORMOUS. It is made from an authentic [...]

The Schecter-alike fake plastic axe introduced with Guitar Hero: World Tour was (and is!) one of my favorite fake plastic guitars, ever. The Guitar Hero 5 guitar looks nearly identical to its older sibling — and it is identical in shape and size — but there are some key differences if you look closely. (warning: [...]

Now that Guitar Hero 5 has been released to very positive reviews, and it (mostly) imports the World Tour songs, I’d love to declare Guitar Hero: World Tour utterly obsolete. But I can’t. Guitar Hero: World Tour may indeed be old and busted on consoles, but it is by far the best version of the [...]

When it was announced that Guitar Hero 5 would import both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits tracks, I was thrilled! Unfortunately, the actual reality is considerably less impressive, since the so-called “import” only brings across a fraction of the overall tracks from each game: Guitar Hero: World Tour 35 / 86 [...]

Rock Band Network, as you may recall, is Harmonix’ attempt to make their Rock Band 2 song authoring tools public to get more bands and songs in the game marketplace. This is clearly a good, nay, a great thing. The RBN is now in active beta, and you can still sign up for that beta. [...]