Bless the RSI-ridden hands of the Clan of the Gray Wolf, who are live-streaming their second annual Rock Band marathon, where they play 1000 songs straight. 17 hours in (at time of writing) and they’ve played 250 songs. More »
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Rock Band 3 is going to make tens, if not hundreds of thousands of gamers into actual guitarists. How? It cleverly shoehorns guitar lessons into a game that kids and adults both love. And this is how it looks. More »
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With each successive version, Rock Band becomes less about pretending to play music and more about actually playing music. Hopefully this is what Rock Band 9 will be like in 20 years when we all have augmented reality contact lenses. More »
The keyboard accessory we were looking forward to in Rock Band 3 is supposedly actually a KEYTAR. Good, I suppose, for mobility and rockitude, but not for learning how to actually play the keybo… oh god, I’ve become an old man. [Ars Technica]
Attention, toy instrument connoisseurs! Make room in your pretend studio for a new addition: the piano. Yes, Rock Band 3 is bringing the ivories to the video game world. More »
