http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/ Engadget Comments for Rock Band gets reviewed, Guitar Hero trembles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
(but please turn on surround sound)]]>Nov 19th 2007 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Mono is unacceptable for any release date after 1993]]>Nov 19th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
They have a few stations of (setups) that you and some buddies can jam on, and if you want to, they can videotape you rocking out on pieces of plastic to real copywrited songs... I made 3 videos hee hee...

And you got some free stuff like plastic cards, drumsticks, hats, shirts, and bumper stickers... It was a wonderful experience... YOU ROCK... jk]]>Nov 19th 2007 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/rock band.

instead of playing those games with questionable (to say the least) training of the skills needed to play music, why not go out and buy a real guitar or other instrument of choice (instead of a cheap plastic instrumentSHAPED controller) and a lesson book and start playing yourself?

and if you wonder wether or not that is worth it, find a music teacher and ask for a few introductory lessons. they will supply an instrument for those lessons and/or know a music store that has rentals for just such an occasion.

Rock On!]]>Nov 19th 2007 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/]]>Nov 19th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
It's a game - an experience. Playing for a few hours gives the illusion of being a rock star in front of a crowd in an arena. And after the concert, you swap discs and become space marines or race car drivers for a while, then everyone goes home. Good times for all, and without needing to dramatically change your life.]]>Nov 19th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
I play guitar, bass, keys, saxophone I and can keep a mean 4/4 on the drums in an emergency. I think both Guitar Hero (I own all the versions) and Rock Band are great.

Playing music is playing music. These games aren't about training people to be musicians, these games are about KEEPING SCORE while doing something fun alone or with other people. Anyone who doesn't get that is an idiot, and anyone who gets that and still feels the need to criticize or judge others is an arrogant jerk.

The only thing better would be if someone figures out how to make a video game that lets you keep score while having sex.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU2ZswstpGQ

Randy: [walks up to Stan] So you boys like this music, huh?
Kyle: Yeah, dude. It's Guitar Hero.
Butters: Stan and Kyle are really good at it.
Randy: Well you kids wanna see something really cool? [the boys pay attention] Check this out. [walks away and picks up an electric guitar, and plugs in the amplifier. He puts his right foot on top of the amplifier and begins to play "Wayward Son" a half-step up]

Once, I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion.
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high.
Though my eyes could see I-

Stan: [irritated, interrupting] Dad? Dad! What are you doing?!
Randy: [brightly] I can actually play a lot of these songs on a real guitar. You want me to teach you boys how?
Cartman: Uhh, that's gay, Mr. Marsh.
Stan: Yeah, that's stupid, Dad.
Randy: But... But this is real.
Cartman: Real guitars are for old people.
Craig: Do you mind, sir? We wanna watch Stan and Kyle play. [Randy stands there a few seconds, disappointed that the boys aren't interested. He takes off the guitar, leans it against the amplifier, and walks away.]]]>Nov 19th 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
In The Service of The Queen
Fri, December 07 2007 - 12:02 AM
by: Tycho

Invariably, when reasonable people are discussing Guitar Hero or Rock Band, that forum smart guy oozes in somewhere near the middle of the thread and tells people that they should be playing real instruments - presumably, like he does. Put aside that Mozart has missed the point completely (i.e., why don't you play for the real NFL, etc). The fact of the matter is that he is quite simply wrong. And not just wrong: it's that thick, unctuous kind of wrong that masquerades as erudition. He is, in fact, a yokel - and he's operating under some pretty romantic notions of what constitutes an "instrument."

I wrote about this a while ago when talking about the remix mode of Frequency, another Harmonix game, and how it made the PS2 controller a kind of instrument. That idea fascinated me. Actual instruments are not especially ergonomic, in general terms - they are not engineered for use. They need to account for crass physical laws to epitomize their function. Instruments are beautiful, let me be clear. But they are not, themselves, music.

These guitars are only toys because they are limited, at this particular moment, to playing other people's songs. This is a software problem, and not representative of some lasting defect with the device. It's already been resolved by the community many times over. When Harmonix delivers a composition suite with the next Rock Band (or the next), and people start creating and uploading their own albums, it's going to be pretty hard to maintain the fiction that people are playing with toys. Between the five keys, combinations of those keys, and the "hammer on, pull off" mechanic, you're talking about a ri-goddamn-diculous number of states - even before you expand it with pass-thru USB style devices that intermediate between the guitar and the host device. I assume I don't need to make the case for the drums: the peripheral itself, in its unmodified form, wouldn't look out of place on any stage in the 1980s.

Of course, the Rock Band guitar would need some modifications in order to be used seriously for this purpose - for example, it would need to work. As these games reach prominence, there is no question that a higher end "prosumer" option for a more robust device will be met by the market. In any case, of course some people don't like it. We're witnessing the democratization of music.

(CW)TB out. ]]>Dec 9th 2007 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
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Come on, inquiring minds want to know!
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Oh so close...]]>Nov 19th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
What are you going to do when the king of producers 'The Bruce Dickinson' calls for more cowbell in Don't Fear the Reaper!

MORE COWBELL!! FTW!]]>Nov 19th 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlqLLZQLNiA
:D]]>Nov 19th 2007 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
I've been working with universities in the UK to develop a similar product but it will actually teach you how to play on your own instrument using your mobile phone or PC, http://www.splashplay.co.uk

Any feedback will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance ]]>Nov 19th 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 20th 2007 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 19th 2007 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/
Hopefully Via an update...they can fix that DUMB mistake.]]>Nov 20th 2007 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 20th 2007 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Nov 28th 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/rock-band-gets-reviewed-guitar-hero-trembles/Dec 17th 2007 12:22PM