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Guitar Hero 5 Official Drumset Has More Realistic Cymbals
9:23PM John Herrman | The official Guitar Hero 5 drumset has finally been unveiled! And it’s…it’s… exactly like the last one, except with rounder, Rock Band-y cymbals. No price yet, but it ought to be cheaper than Logitech’s. Full tracklist and more at Kotaku. More »
Design
4:09PM Nick Broughall | At the moment, I’m addicted to playing the drums for Pearl Jam’s Ten on Rock Band. Addicted. Even when I’m stuck working, I’m banging out a sort of quasi-rhythm on my desk, my steering wheel or anything else that lands beneath my hands. With this shirt, I’d actually get some proper drum sounds. More »
Bongo Shirt Gives Air Drums More Meaning
4:09PM Nick Broughall | At the moment, I’m addicted to playing the drums for Pearl Jam’s Ten on Rock Band. Addicted. Even when I’m stuck working, I’m banging out a sort of quasi-rhythm on my desk, my steering wheel or anything else that lands beneath my hands. With this shirt, I’d actually get some proper drum sounds. More »
Games
Nyko Metal Pedal Review
2:50AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: Nyko Metal Pedal, a Rock Band/Guitar Hero replacement pedal. More »
Games
Handy Guides for Repairing Guitar Hero Instruments
3:00AM Mark Wilson | One modder posted a handful of guides for fixing common Guitar Hero instrument problems, like flaccid whammy bars and unresponsive drumheads. Worth a looksie even if you’re only duct-tape-proficient. [PowerTunePlus via Ars via Lifehacker] More »
Games
Rock Band Is Better with Cake and a Partner
11:50PM Mark Wilson | One lucky fellow was surprised with this truly excellent Rock Band drums cake. Unfortunately, he had to get married first. [Kotaku] More »
Robots
Lil Drum and Bass Bot Never Goes Anywhere Without His Theme Music
12:00PM Wilson Rothman | YouTube may be full of robots, but few as charming as this little drummer bot. Armed with a rudimentary pill-jar plastic drum and a beep-bop-boop synthesiser, he somehow gets quite the groove on.
Games
Nyko Metal Pedal: Music Games to Fully Embrace Satan
12:40AM Mark Wilson | Someone give somebody at Nyko a raise, because they finally remembered the most important component of any pretend rock setup: Skeletons! More »
Games
Wii Drum High Turns Your Controllers Into a Shaky PC Drum Set
10:29PM John Herrman | Wii Music set up a solid control scheme for drumming with the console’s various attachments, which hacker He Zhao has basically replicated. Except this time it’s free, customisable and on your PC. More »
Games
Crazy Guy Beats Guitar Hero 3 Using Drums
4:30PM Jesus Diaz | If you have ever tried to play the guitar using drumsticks, you were probably drinking the same paint thinner as I was drinking, because it’s impossible. Unless you are playing with Guitar Hero III. And you have a custom midi controller designed to play as it if you were drumming. And you kick arse playing drums. But then, you would probably be the crazy guy who recorded himself in this amazing video just to show that he can a) replace Animal in The Muppets and b) beat the crap out of you playing Guitar Hero III using sticks. [College Humor -- Thanks Jon B.] More »
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