NY Times Takes A Look At Guitar Hero, RockBand & Other Guitar Simulators

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In his review the latest of trends, Warren Buckleitner of the NY Times takes a look at the guitar music game craze:

"One of the most anticipated games of the year is Rock Band ($170, www.rockband.com), which came out this week for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and will add a PlayStation 2 version next month. It is the product of a complex web of relationships among MTV and labels like Rhino Entertainment on the music side and Harmonix and Electronic Arts on the video game side.

The game comes with a drum kit, a guitar controller and a microphone. You plug the microphone and instruments into a special U.S.B. hub that varies by game console, and each player picks an instrument. Together you choose a song from a library of 45 mainstream rock songs that date from 1960 to the present, from bands like Boston, Grateful Dead, Metallica and the Who."

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Ben Silverman at Yahoo games gives Rock Band 4.5 out of five stars. You can read his full review right HERE

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The San Francisco Gate gives both games a thumbs up:

If this were strictly a review, Rock Band from Electronic Arts - and its first cousin Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock from Activision - would probably both have the Little Man jumping out of his chair. In terms of entertainment value, it doesn't get much better than these two titles.

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[method77]

am I the only one who doesn't play games?

btw what the fuck was all that about?

[DudeAsInCool]

am I the only one who doesn't play games?

btw what the fuck was all that about?

johnny rotten was hired to be a spokesman for 'guitar hero 111' and he took the gig