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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...

Posted 3 days ago | 16 Comments
Music Game News And Cataloging Site Plastic Axe Launches

If you eat, breathe, and inappropriately dream about music games, then let your web browser’s bookmarking function know you’ll be stopping by in a few seconds. See, veteran video games writer, musician and G4tv.com contributor Joe Rybicki recently launched Plastic Axe, a passion project of his, designed specifically for the millions...

Posted August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
Microsoft Passed On Harmonix's Frequency, Indirectly Inspired Guitar Hero

Yesterday, I spoke with former Microsoft vice president Ed Fries shortly before his session at The Ayzenberg Group's [A] List Summit. I already posted his assessment on how the "big three" console companies are faring, but I wanted to share this excellent story about how Fries was indirectly responsible for Guitar Hero. Apparently...

Posted August 14, 2009 | 11 Comments
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...

Posted June 23, 2009 | 28 Comments
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...

Posted May 1, 2009 | 29 Comments
'PaRappa' Creator Masaya Matsuura Concerned About Environmental Impact Of Music Games

Masaya Matsuura, the creator of PaRappa the Rapper, wants music games to use traditional controllers. While he acknowledges that guitar and drum controllers -- like those found in the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games -- are unique, he believes that great software is enough to immerse players. One of the reasons he's concerned about the...

Posted March 6, 2009 | 18 Comments
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...

Posted February 25, 2009 | 15 Comments
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...

Posted January 12, 2009 | 10 Comments
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...

Posted January 12, 2009 | 34 Comments
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?

Posted December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments
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...

Posted December 22, 2008 | 19 Comments
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...

Posted November 25, 2008 | 19 Comments
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...

Posted September 3, 2008 | 9 Comments
Teen Drops Out Of School To Play Guitar Hero

A North Carolina teen by the name of Blake Peebles is dropping out of high school “in order to focus on Guitar Hero full time,” says Yahoo.com. Whaaaaat?!?!? Citing his many prizes from Guitar Hero tournaments, which include "gift certificates, gaming equipment, and chicken sandwiches," the 16-year-old is hoping to make...

Posted August 19, 2008 | 47 Comments
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,...

Posted August 4, 2008 | 15 Comments