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    Now Available: Rock Band for iPhone and iPod touch

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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    10/19/09

    In reply to Now Available: Rock Band for iPhone and iPod touch
    Been playing with this for about an hour now. It's definitely a lot of fun. But the crummy speaker on the 2G iPhone means I probably won't be playing this anywhere except my room without headphones. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Now Available: Rock Band for iPhone and iPod touch
    ....aaaaannnd other phones, that might actually play better because some of them have buttons. Oh yeah, I said it...but the real point is the OTHER PHONES too thing. It seems to have been ignored. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @jasoncourt: what other phones? Pre? An Android set? I guess... but developers still don't have the incentive #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Now Available: Rock Band for iPhone and iPod touch
    You know why I love Rock Band so much? I used to wish I could play guitar, and I saw so many guys at school working their asses off to improve as musicians and become competent guitarists. I even saw geniuses like Eric Clapton and Joe Satriani and wished I could express myself through the guitar like they could. I was ready to put in the work, sweat, tears, and blood to do it, too.

    But now I don't have to! Rock Band has enabled me to have all the glory without all that damned work and "musical" knowledge. Now I am a rock god, every bit as good as those chumps from school who worked for it. I always thought learning the guitar was going to be hard, but Rock Band has made it so easy.

    Thank you, Rock Band! #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!: Haven't you people given up on this played out arguement yet? I have never seen someone play Rock Band/Guitar Hero and delude themselves into thinking that they are an actual musician, any more than someone playing Call of Duty thinks they're a war hero. Give it a rest. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!: Rockband may have made it easy for you, but you probably still suck with a real guitar. #rockbandforiphone
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    10/19/09

    @PollockRoc: As a musician there is 1 HUGE benefit to a game like rock band and that is finger dexterity. Its a great way to keep your fingers nimble without abusing them on strings 100% of the time. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!: sheesh... how come the rest of these fools can't take a joke? I thought that was well-played on your part...

    Don't let them get you down, my Rock Star Legend friend. Just keep on aRockin' till the plastic frets melt. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @yreka: ....really? I mean.... really?

    :::sigh::: #rockbandforiphone
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    10/19/09

    @Eulatos: I don't know about this one.. but I will say this - Knowing how to play guitar fur rullz gives me an edge over my friends when we're playing RockBand, because of the finger dexterity from playing for real. A sense of rhythm helps too...

    Same with drums. While I do play (real) drums, I'm no good - I'll admit that. I will say, however, that playing enough RockBand has helped me separate the individual control of my hands and feet a lot better for when I'm playing real drums. But other than that and an improved sense of rhythm ... it still doesn't translate into much of anything on a real drum set.

    What I will say though, is that before shows, my band and I always play rockband just to relax and practice not being tense on stage. Sounds cheesy - and it is - but it has helped our stage presence. haha it's true! Going nuts to rockband is good practice for the real deal.

    PS to all the rockband haters... get a life. You might as well go make fun of people playing Halo for not being able to use a real sniper rifle... but it's all fun and games. Rockband has a much wider appeal than most games, and makes for a fun party game - even some girls who never play video games have really gotten into it when we get a bunch of people playing on our projector. They love singing along and even picking up the guitars to play. It's like Wii bowling - anyone can play it. that's the appeal. Besides, you all probably suck at guitar anyway if you're picking on video gamers about it. The time YOU spend criticizing video game 'guitarists' could be spent learning to play guitar better. or making friends. or both. #rockbandforiphone
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    10/20/09

    @yreka: You're right, I do suck with real guitar. My years of playing violin, drums, alto and beri sax don't translate over too well.

    Keep in mind this reply is only relevant if you were dense enough to take me seriously. #rockbandforiphone
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/03/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Tetris Mania Demo is Pointless at 30 Seconds of Total Length
    why do i long to play with a pre for about an hour?? we iPhone users were sworn to withhold chastity and stay pure!
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Tetris Mania Demo is Pointless at 30 Seconds of Total Length
    30 seconds doesn't even get the theme song in... Total tease.

    Sent from my iPhone
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    09/03/09

    @OPHICERMANGO: "I like the way the email automatically says "Sent from a Macbook Wheel. That way people know you have one."

    [www.theonion.com]

    Never gets old.
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    09/04/09

    @freakout: haha, man I love The Onion.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Think of all of the people employed to make all of these incompatible products. In an economy like we have today, we really should be embracing the chaos that is modern copy protection.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    You forgot to mention how to break the DRM, if this explaination included "EVERYTHING" you wanted to know. I want to know how to break Fairplay DRM specifically.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    12/19/08

    @KJA: There's actually a link in the story specifically pointing to that. (I'll let you go back and find it.) So no, nobody forgot. Enjoy!
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Not quite "Everything You Wanted To Know About DRM", or it'd include a viable business model for the future of entertainment.
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    12/19/08

    @Gann: Who do you think we are, record-industry execs? (Badum bum.)
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    12/19/08

    @Wilson Rothman: I said viable business model.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    "but then again, it's not as easy to rip a stream for Joe Blow as it is to share a file over Limewire"


    Remember, though - all it takes is one clued in guy to rip the stream and Joe Blow can download it over Limewire forever. This is why DRM really doesn't work.

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    12/19/08

    @jackjumper: I think that's why Hollywood is glad that, for now, streaming video looks like ass. Can you imagine a super-clean non-hiccupy HD Hulu stream? I don't think NBC or Fox can either!
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Made me throw up a little. With the accompanying afterburn.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM
    Nice to know the nattering nabobs of negativity now make padlocks.
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    11/13/08

    In reply to EA Sports Active Brings Western-Style Fitness to Wii Fit Fans
    This is not worth the price of a Wii and accessories. I'll continue to do sit-ups and push-ups in the evening while watching the tele.
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