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    Paul McCartney's Höfner Replica Brings The Bass to Rock Band

    Speak 'n Spell Mates With Rock Band Guitar

    Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?

    PS3 Guitar Hero Drums Aren't Working in Rock Band

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/12/09

    In reply to Paul McCartney's Höfner Replica Brings The Bass to Rock Band


    Does it come with a matching set of jowls?

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/12/09

    In reply to Paul McCartney's Höfner Replica Brings The Bass to Rock Band
    as soon as rock band came out i switched to drums. now i am horrible at guitar. go figure.
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    05/12/09

    In reply to Paul McCartney's Höfner Replica Brings The Bass to Rock Band
    So what instruments are included in the premium version?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/12/09

    @BloggyMcBlogBlog: and a walrus.


    Wait a minute. It turns out that the walrus was Paul.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    04/15/09

    In reply to Speak 'n Spell Mates With Rock Band Guitar
    Sure - he may be in his thirties, but he finally found a tool that makes learning how to spell enjoyable.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/15/09

    In reply to Speak 'n Spell Mates With Rock Band Guitar
    I'd rather hook the Speak N' Spell up to be the vocalist.


    Do...not...explain the....plot. If you do not understand....you should not......be here. Your money...is now.....our money.....and...we....will spend...it on drugs

    In honor of..

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    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    Dimebag Darrell???? Wow.


    And I'm still playing GH3 on Medium (probably because I don't play it often), so...yeah.

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    Image of lambert13 lambert13
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    All of those types of games really really bother me. Instead of kids (or grown lonely adults living in moms basement) picking up a guitar and actually doing something creative, they are playing some useless video game further isolating them from the real world.


    Pick up a real guitar, take off the wing commander headset thing and go do something outside of your house.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/09/08

    @lambert13: I like to make fun of the games like anyone else, but, if you're playing COD without having any prior experience with a firearm, driving like mad in GT Prologue/5 without actually ever owning or knowing how to drive a real car, then you could say that these people are in the same boat.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    Guitar Hero is pretty much like a fast-paced version of Simon set to plastic imitations or damn-near authentic abominations. You can play all the music you like, you can pretend to riff, headbang and thrash, you can even lick your instrument when you've done virtu-jammin', but you're still trying to keep up with color-coded buttons.


    I propose Activision develop Conniption Fit hero, where you have to follow the insane random gyrations of a mental patient trying desperately to wriggle out of his strait jacket.

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    Image of neost neost
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    nobody can keep a band together anymore.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    12/09/08

    @neost: Seriously. All this bitching about the minivan being too crowded with groupies, the singer wanting to do solo gigs in the attic, the guitarist and his Doritos addiction, the drummer almost choking in his sleep on regurgitated chocolate milk....
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    Image of jm9843 jm9843
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    Rock Band killed the video star.


    It also doesn't hurt that Harmonix is releasing The Beatles game next year. It'll be interesting to see how they try to expand the audience with that one while maintaing the core band gameplay.


    This article would be more accurate if it were about Guitar Hero games peaking.

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    Image of Krrong Krrong
    12/09/08

    @jm9843: It'll incorporate a version of Frogger... Let's see if we can get John, Paul, George, and Ringo across Abbey Road without getting squashed by a Lorrey.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/09/08

    @Krrong:
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    Image of Jamaces Jamaces
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    it was just a fad... look at the wii...yoyos...pogs...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/09/08

    @Jamaces: I think yoyos are still cool.......


    .......


    :'(

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    Dean Guitars are pieces of garbage. Utter garbage. They're only good for smashing.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    I don't buy the study. I think the category will evolve, with game instruments becoming more like real instruments, and real instruments becoming more like games.


    People have been making music in game-like ways for as long as artifacts exist to document human activity. However stale guitar hero becomes, it's just a matter of another innovation to satisfy people's desire to either make music or pretend like they're making music.

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    Image of tmgold tmgold
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    Who is proof reading your headlines?
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    Image of GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff
    12/09/08

    @tmgold: Uh...no one?
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    Image of tmgold tmgold
    12/09/08

    Are you guys hiring? I may not be Bill Shakespeare, but I could write some gadget news and spell "have" correctly.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/09/08

    @tmgold: I can say with a fair amount of certainty that Gawker isn't hiring at the moment.
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    Image of lifetraveler lifetraveler
    12/09/08

    In reply to Have Fake Guitar Games Finally Peaked?
    um, is that headline correct? "HAVED"?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    12/09/08

    @lifetraveler:

    Why does it always boil down to the haved and the haved-not?


    ...

    Momma may haved

    Pappa may haved

    -but Ghod bless the child that's got his own

    that's got his own...

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