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Pictures Of Old People Playing Guitar Hero As Funny As It Sounds
Hey, I don't have anything against old people. Decades from now, when every game is motion controlled, youngsters will be laughing at me, too. But for the time being, it's the other way around. The Faster Times recently ran a series of photos collected from Flickr chronicling a series of older men and women trying their hand at ye ol' Guitar...
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Jimmy Page And Jack White Don't Like Guitar Hero
It's interesting to find out how rockers feel about music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Yeah, they're just games, and we just have fun with them, but it must be surreal to have your art, job and craft appear in a video game. If you've poured your life-blood and passion into a musical composition, it must be really, really weird to have...
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Prince Has A Problem With 'Guitar Hero'
During a recent PBS interview with Tavis Smiley, purple-clad rock and roll enigma Prince said he turned down the opportunity to have his music appear in Guitar Hero. Say it ain't so, Prince. When asked about the game, Prince said: "Well, I ain't mad at them. I hear it made, like, $2 billion and they came to us and offered us a very small...
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311 Is No Good At Guitar Hero
311, the band, are good at many things, but, apparently, Guitar Hero isn't one of them. In this video preview for their new album, "Uplifter,' directed by horror impresario Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2), the guys struggle with producer Bob Rock, as he tries to get them on the same page to be able to play their own song. It's pretty funny. You...
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Ottoman Stores Your 'Rock Band' Instruments
We all know the downside of having a sweet Rock Band set up is finding an easily-accessable place to store all the instruments. I have a corner in my living room where I keep the drum kit and two guitars, but every time I want to rock out i have to move the coffee table, carry the drums over, and put them together. Well if you've got a spare 200...
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Neversoft Won't Make The Next 'Tony Hawk'
Video game developer Neversoft has confirmed that it is not developing the next game in the long-running Tony Hawk franchise. Neversoft created the first nine Tony Hawk games, but president Joel Jewett confirmed that Tony Hawk Proving Ground was his company's last TH game. In an interview with the Great Falls Tribune, Jewett said, "It's...
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ESRB Leaks 'Guitar Hero: Modern Hits' For DS
As much as I hate the ESRB for rating and classifying who should be playing what games, I gotta love them for having no concern for sensitive information. Thanks to some Entertainment Software Rating Board documentation, there is now solid information about the next Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS. Read More?
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Aerosmith, Chili Peppers, And Nirvana Get Huge Boost From Music Games
The Associated Press has posted an interesting article discussing how the boom in music video games is helping the original artists. According to The AP: "Aerosmith made more money off the June release of 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' than either of its last two albums, according to RedOctane co-founder and president Kai Huang. Artists from...
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Guitar Center Claims 'Rock Band' And 'Guitar Hero' Lead To Instrument Purchases
1Up has posted an interesting story that covers the correlation between music games and instrument purchases. It turns out that playing a lot of Guitar Hero makes people want to buy an actual guitar. The story states some interesting findings from a survey conducted by Guitar Center, a leading retailer of musical instruments: "67 percent...
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Oasis Singer Comments on 'Guitar Hero' Phenomenon
Sometimes-frontman for the English rock powerhouse Oasis is doing a little promotion for their newest album's release. The always fiery and most-times inebriated Noel Gallagher said about the Guitar Hero phenomenon that, " If it puts little plastic guitars into kids' hands and fires their imaginations, I think that's a good thing. It's...
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DS Motion Control On New 'Tony Hawk'
The man that built Birdhouse will be sporting a new feel on the Nintendo DS with his freshly leaked title, Tony Hawk's Motion. According to the report by IGN, Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification revealed Activision's latest title on their database when it earned a "G" rating through the classification process....
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DS, NCAA Football 360 Dominates July Sales
After the Nintendo Wii and Old Snake's dominating run last month, college football fever took over Metal Gear Solid 4's top sales spot with NCAA Football 09 for the Xbox 360. But Nintendo's not worried as their own Nintendo DS took over the Wii's spot last month as the top selling hardware in July. Here are the top five selling software and...
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Suspected Killer Caught Playing 'Guitar Hero'
Song failed, along with life. Raymundo Castaneda, a 30-year-old suspected killer, was caught by officials while playing Activision's Guitar Hero at a Wal-Mart in Jacksonville, Florida. Castaneda is a wanted man in Charlotte, N.C. after detectives said that he killed a friend over a soccer match. After receiving several tips from locals,...
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Guitar Hero: On Tour's Record Sales!
Activision announced today that Guitar Hero: On Tour is a big hit, booking gigs all over the country and selling 300,000 units in its first week. Damn, that’s better than most actual guitar heroes these days! Guitar Hero: On Tour is the company's best launch on the DS by a factor of eight, they say, and is also one of the top five...
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'Guitar Hero' Action Figures Revealed
The first Guitar Hero action figures are out. Here, we see the face-pounding Red Bull-swilling madman, Axel Steel in his pose of choice. The full line will include Johnny Napalm, Lars Umlaut, and God of Rock and is produced by McFarlane Toys. In a related story, the divorce between Axel Steel and Judy Nails is almost final. No word yet on who...
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X-Play's Top Ten of '08: #4 Music Movers
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Guitar Hero: On Tour - Trailer
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Guitar Hero: On Tour Review
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X-Play Gaming Update 03.20.08
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