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Rock Port, Missouri, is First US City to Generate All Its Electricity From Wind Turbines

(Photo by Steve Morse)
Not to be outdone by those crazy Danish bastards out on the isle of Samso, Science Daily reports an equally crazy group of Missourian bastards in Rock Port now generate all their electricity using wind turbines. Rock Port went completely wind-powered last week, making use of the 75 wind turbines spread out across three Missouri counties, and local experts are excited about the potential for wind power throughout the state. However, PopSci thinks it won't be so easy to make this a widespread trend in the US. More »

4:20 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Adrian Covert
3,897 views, 60 comments

Latest by JChristopher: If I were king for a day every new building would have solar and/or wind foils installed. If the building is not self-sufficient in electrical generation (hear this Vegas?) then it would not be built. I have no problem with more »

rock band

Guitar Hero and Rock Band Controller Mod For Finicky Fingers

Guitar Hero fans usually hate the Rock Band guitar controller and vice versa. Instructables has a pretty good how-to that can solve the problem for Guitar Hero fans at the cost of a Rock Band controller. It's a way to mash up an old PS2 Guitar Hero controller with the Rock Band Fender guitar and make a perfect hybrid with raised keys a clicky strum. You could just use an Xbox 360 Guitar Hero controller for Rock Band if you're on an Xbox 360, but where's the fun in that? [Instructables]

9:30 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Matt Hickey
4,634 views, 15 comments

Latest by Magnakai Haaskivi: @HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak, @Soulgenesis: Whoops, I totally missed that the guitars were already broken. My bad on that one. more »

rock band 2

Rock Band 2 Is Only as Great as Its Instruments (Which Look Great)


A normal game demo features a kiosk, maybe a couch, and it's all a pretty ho hum experience save for the fact that you're usually playing a game that won't be released for anywhere from a several months to a few years. But when testing out Rock Band 2, it's set up on a stage with professional lights, mixing boards and speakers. And, of course, their add-on fog machine. It all reminded me how freaking expensive this whole music game madness has become, but also just how far it had come.

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2:57 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Mark Wilson
16,497 views, 31 comments

Latest by Captain_Sarcastic: Drum set looks amazing, looks less and less like a "game" and more like training. Hopefully it'll decrease the amount of "lulz play a real instrument" comments. more »

rock band 2

Official Rock Band 2 Track List (Plus Carry Over "Most" of Rock Band's Disc Tracks!)

Harmonix has officially unveiled the track list for Rock Band 2. Besides being packed with rock gods like AC/DC exclusively, GNR's Chinese Democracy's official debut, Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine (I'm a child of the 90's), and full backwards compatibility with all DLC songs, you can "export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2 gameplay," giving real teeth to EA's claim that it's the "largest music catalogue" of any music game ever. One disc, all your songs, truly amazing—thanks for not screwing gamers, Harmonix. Every track and all the details below. More »

3:55 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By matt buchanan
19,889 views, 55 comments

Latest by Tomahawk214: AC/DC is all I needed to hear. more »

rock band 2

Premium Rock Band 2 Drum Kit Surfaces: "Badass" Is The Word You're Looking For

I play Rock Band like a champ, and when I'm with my crew I'm usually on drums. I'm a drummer, and I love playing them, and the included drum controller always seemed just fine to me. Kotaku found this photo of the premium Rock Band 2 kit and I've decided I must have it. UPDATE: OK, so this kit doesn't ship with Rock Band 2, it's an $300 optional purchase. More »

8:20 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Matt Hickey
34,890 views, 67 comments

showbiz pizza

Rock-Afire Explosion Band For Sale

For those who'd like to relive the excitement of a Showbiz Pizza party in their own living room and now at age 25+, the Rock-Afire Explosion Band is for sale on eBay. The animatronic band is "mostly restored" and prepared to play three shows at your will. But the bidding starts at a hefty, ball-pit-dropping $14,000. I mean, I'm trying to capture those false memories from my youth as hard as the next guy, but unless that synthesizer-playing gorilla can carry me to work, we're gonna have to go OBO on this puppy. [eBay via Geekologie]

4:30 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,006 views, 15 comments

Latest by Zeni: @Mark Wilson: Err.... I'm not sure I want to know what you intend to use these for. more »

rage with the machine

Punk Rock Robots Rock Out to Punk Rock ONLY

Making robots even more hardcore, British roboticists have designed machines that will only dance to punk rock music. Standing 2 meters tall, padded in leather and decked in various punk scene insignias, the pogoing robots wait until they hear the familiar strains of anti-establishment rock before they start dancing. Is it just me, or do these things sound like they'd be a minor threat in the mosh pit? More »

2:00 PM on Sat Jul 5 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,255 views, 20 comments

Latest by G2GdoB2B: There's another robot technology that's trying to add emotional bonding to robots (Check it out: [www.internetevolution.com] ) I wonder if they will mix'em together and get one terminator. more »

review

Lightning Review: Rock Band Drum Covers Dampen Your Furious Beatings

The Gadget: Stitched drum covers for Rock Band from "Premium Rock Band Drum Covers", which give you five different levels of padding for sound dampening. They come in four-color style, all-black, and four-color with a white sidewall for the Wii. More »

1:40 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Jason Chen
10,151 views, 27 comments

Latest by seamonkey420: man, those are freaking fugly.. i opted for the official ones and they seem to work just fine and look a ton better! more »

rock band 2

Rock Band 2 Announced, Sets Hardware and Software Precedents

Any fans of Rock Band in the audience? I said, ARE THERE ANY FANS OF ROCK BAND IN THE AUDIENCE??? YEAAHHH!!!!!!! Rock Band 2 is on the way. Here are the full details, along with a picture of the new guitar. More »

8:15 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Mark Wilson
35,208 views, 57 comments

Latest by n/a: Floyd?! Great i love them., need a link to confirm this. this.. is just great. if a band that fights as much as floyd can give their songs to a game so can Led Zeppelin. AC/DC did it now. Even more »

guitar hero

The Ant Commandos' Wireless Bass Guitar For Guitar Hero, Rock Band

One of our main complaints about playing bass on Guitar Hero or Rock Band is that the guitars aren't bass guitars. The Ant Commandos, a company that specializes in making cheaper versions of video game accessories, has just released a wireless PS2/PS3 bass guitar. It doesn't solve the problem of not being able to double-strum with two fingers, which the Mad Catz version does, but it is long necked like a real bass. The Widow Maker is available now for $69. [Ant Commandos]

3:30 PM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Jason Chen
3,273 views, 9 comments

Latest by ShockTerminal: @kodo: Most, not all.My Dad plays a 5 string bass. more »

Guitar Hero World Tour

Guitar Hero World Tour's Touch-Guitar Previewed (Best Guitar Controller Yet)

IGN has the first hands on with Guitar Hero World Tour, which continues the instrument one-upmanship with a touch-sensitive neck on its more guitar-sized guitar that'll let you do lots of wicked stuff like alter notes during a sustain above and beyond the whammy bar, or tap it to play like a slap bass. In the music creator, you can use it to do things like mess with the drum machine in real time, tweak loops or add sustains or staccato notes. Overall, the new guitar—and the game—sound awesome, and not just a straight rip on Rock Band, which has us excited. [IGN via Game Life]

5:42 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By matt buchanan
10,158 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: the whole game is goin to be super hard and expensive. but the guitar is goin to be bad ass. although it is a cheap mock off of rock band and it is called GUITAR HERO. not band hero or more »

rock band

Mad Catz' Exciting Rock Band Instruments Hit Next Week

Mad Catz has an entire set of Rock Band instruments coming next week, all with some weird features that aren't on the official Harmonix ones. Rock Band Mods found that there's the wired bass guitar, a wired regular guitar, wired microphone, portable drum kit and premium wired drums. Hit the jump to see details on these, which looks like they solve some of the small issues we've been having with our own set. More »

5:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Jason Chen
14,594 views, 14 comments

Latest by Spoondizzle: @VENAT0R: Wait, Ed Roman has a fan? more »

deals

Dealzmodo: Rock Band PS2 Reduced to $100

Without Rock Band's robust download store, it's impossible to think of the PS2 version as a fully-functional rock simulator, but we're more forgiving with its new price. Rock Band PS2 is now $100 (down from $150) at Amazon and a few other retailers. Considering the price includes a USB hub, mic, drums and guitar, that's a pretty solid deal. [Amazon via CrunchGear]

11:00 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,454 views, 9 comments

drum kit

Rock Band Drum Kit Gets Wheelchair Accessible (With How To)

The folks at Kinetic Communications took the Rock Band Drum Kit, which totally isn't wheelchair accessible thanks to its bass kick pedal, and put $20 worth of their own accessibility mod into it to make sure it is. All it took was a doorbell, a Y cable, a pair of pliers and some sweat and they made a Rock Band kick pedal that can be activated from on the drumsticks. Super cool, Kinetic. Hit up their site to see how you can do this yourself. [Kinetic]

12:20 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Jason Chen
2,401 views, 15 comments

Latest by Rabid Penguin: @overdriven707: Number three isn't as true as your drum machine (or your girlfriend) would have you believe. more »

fashion

"I Beat My Boyfriend At Guitar Hero" Shirt

The genius behind the "I Beat My Boyfriend At Guitar Hero" Shirt is not that women can publicize their video game victories over the men in their life, but that women can publicize their video game victories over the men in their life whether or not they actually ever happened. That said, this adult adolescent male can admit that, yes, his wife can kick his ass on the drums in Rock Band. But alas, there is no shirt for that, my love. Patriarchy 4ever! [Stylin Online via ShinyShiny]

2:40 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,204 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: I remember when we used to carry these shirts at Hot Topic. more »

unconfirmed

More Details on the Rock Band Stage Kit

If the latest update over at Gamestop is correct, we have new details on Rock Band's upcoming stage kit, an easy way to bring real lights and fog to your otherwise fake performances. (Hey, I'm not bashing it. 99.9% of the population has failed at their dreams of rock stardom, including those who actually play instruments.) More »

10:10 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,640 views, 21 comments

gaming

Ant Commandos Double Range Guitar, One Guitar To Rule Them All

Playing both Guitar Hero and Rock Band isn't much of an option for many of us living in cramped quarters, but Ant Commandos has just announced the first guitar that can support both games on multiple platforms. Their Double Range Guitar plays PS2 and PS3 versions of both Guitar Hero (I, II and III) and Rock Band. All the functionality is retained, like a second set of Rock Band solo buttons near the strum bar and distortion effects, plus you get some nice extras like wireless functionality and a belt clip that lets you spin the guitar in 360s. Available now for $59.99, here are all the unabridged details: More »

11:35 AM on Thu May 22 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,213 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Buy this product, recieved mine on June 3rd, have brand new alkaline battaries installed, guitar is lucky if it plays 8 ft. away from reciever. The effects dialog box pops up on its own more »

dealzmodo

Amazon Offering Cheap Music Games Today Only

It looks like Amazon will be offering deals on music-based video games all day. The Deal of the Day is Guitar Hero III on any system for $60 (that's down from $90 retail). And in addition, Gold Box offers will be running every few hours with various musically themed alternatives. 10AM Pacific offers the hint "Dude! We're putting the band back together!" Do we smell a Rock Band deal? Guess we'll know soon enough. [Amazon via Kotaku]

12:50 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,158 views, 7 comments

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