Band Hero will be released today and is Activision’s more complete answer to Rock Band (although I happen to prefer Guitar Hero, personally, but what do I know?).  If you are familiar with Guitar Hero, you might be happy to hear that this game supports all of GH’s “instrument controllers within the same gaming platform, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers.”

Band Hero features popular acts like Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Jackson 5, The All-American Rejects and Lily Allen and includes a pretty smoking playlist.
From what I’ve read, I like the flexibility of being able to play with any combination …read more

Guitar Hero has been criticized by many musicians who feel that kids should be picking up real instruments instead of video games.  It’s one thing to talk about it but it’s another thing to do something about it.
Canadian band, Billy Talent, are offering a compromise – fans will have the option of buying a deluxe version of their new album, Billy Talent III, “which includes a second disc of the album’s 11 songs stripped of guitars and the notes for all the tracks, so budding musicians can play along.”

I think that’s a great idea!  Of course, it’s not the same …read more

If you’ve been looking to get Guitar Hero World Tour then now is the time to act. GameStop is cutting the regular price of Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kits by $100.
The band kit includes a drum kit with mic, guitar kit and game software.
The sale/price slash is only good till July 12th.
GameStop has also dropped the price on tons of games to below $20. That sale happens from now until August 2nd, so you have a bit more time to take advantage of that one.
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Jack White of the White Stripes and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin are the latest musicians to take a swipe at Guitar Hero.
They were doing a press conference for the upcoming documentary, It Might Get Loud, which follows their careers in the music industry when White said: “It’s depressing to have a label come and tell you that ['Guitar Hero'] is how kids are learning about music and experiencing music.”  He said that he wasn’t trying to pass judgment on “which format people should get their music in” but he did say that “if you have to be in …read more

Activision unveiled the first screenshots from Guitar Hero 5 at E3 2009, and here they are.

Activision Blizzard has announced that they will be releasing some new music-based games later this year and, among them, is Guitar Hero: Van Halen.  I love the GH games but they’re kinda milking the popularity, aren’t they?

There’s been speculation about this game for months so I’m very happy that they’ve finally put the rumors to rest.  It’s supposed to be released sometime during the second half of the year and, while there were no specific tracks mentioned as being confirmed for the game, Activision did say that songs from Queen, Weezer, blink-182, The Offspring, Queens of the Stone Age (and …read more

Guitar Hero: Metallica is now available and I am really excited.  Despite not being a huge fan of Guitar Hero: World Tour I am pretty hopeful about this one.  Mind you, I downloaded a demo on Xbox 360 a couple days ago (it became available on March 20, 2009) and, so far, I’m pretty happy with it.
The song selection looks good too.  The set list includes 28 songs by Metallica along with an additional 21 songs from other artists. The songs “Broken, Beat & Scarred”, “Cyanide”, and “My Apocalypse” from Metallica’s Death Magnetic album will be featured on the versions …read more

Rythym Heaven [Rizumu Tengoku Gōrudo] has taken Japan by storm.
It’s the wildly popular follow-up to the Gameboy Advance game-Rhythm Tengoku-and is set to hit American soil on April 5th along with Nintendo’s DSi.
And now, apparently Beyonce is getting in on the gaming action.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Beyonce confesses to being a fan of Guitar Hero [who knew?] and that she “make[s] time” for gaming.
No one can deny the “star power” that Beyonce [and her song] brings to the DSi and Rythym Heaven’s US launch and since Rythym Heaven [I keep wanting to type Rythym Nation!] is a very …read more

Alright… this entry isn’t about an adventure or rpg game… per say… but more an entry about my adventures with a guitar and some music. Oh… and maybe some rythm… but not too much because I’m a white girl who has no… well… music skillz.
The name of the game is called Guitar Hero and that’s bascially what I’ve been playing for the past 2 weeks. My evil brother bought the game and thought it’d be fun to bring it on over so he can show his big sis a thing or two about how to groove …read more