Pues con tal de celebrar la llegada de un nuevo editor a nuestro queridísimo blog Rock & Games, el amigo kbzon…. El temon de esta semana se nos viene con un bonus, en primer lugar el temon esta relacionado con el juego Yoshi Story de la consola Nintendo 64 y a pesar de ser un juego fácil y corto... la música no deja que desear, es mas... trae una hermosa banda sonora y muy relacionada con la música clásica---- claro! si el tema que les dejare ahora es muy similar al tema de tchaikovsky de cascanueces :) se trata de Baby Bowser's Lullaby.

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El bonus, pues nada que decir... es de los amigos de Nintendopella que nos traen este genial tema a capella obviamente... del juego Mario Kart que tanto le gusta jugar a nuestro nuevo amigo.

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Saludos... gR.-

The link below is to my blackboard site. Blackboard is a site offered to teachers to use as an enrichment tool along with their teaching. I bring laptops into my music classes to have the kids log on and play games or do research to enhance my lessons. The kids love it, and even during their sessions with their computer teacher they ask if they can go onto my site.

Just click the link below. That will take you to Mrs. Frack's Music Class. Feel free to browse any category. But external links is where the music games are located. They are entered by grade level but can be interchanged and fun for all ages.

As a review:

1. Click the link below

2. Click the purple button which says "external links"

3. Click on a grade level.

That's it! Remember, the games are fun for all ages. So give it a go!

Music Games

Just for follow-up fun... I think the horn blowing out flames really takes the cake on this one...

Oh, and Jameson,... I strongly urge... no, I mandate you to purchase the t-shirt on the front page of http://www.torsopants.com/bandgeekhero

That's all.

Hola amigos, estamos de vuelta para traerles un nuevo disco para que disfruten de lo lindo... ya sea en la micro, baño, viajes o simplemente en su lugar de ocio---- que generalmente es la pieza xP, bueno esta vez les tengo este disco del grupo Stemage, que como fanáticos del juego Metroid, la mayoría de sus temas van dedicados a esta excelente franquicia creada por el genio Gunpei Yokoi, también creador del famoso gameboy o las joyas clásicas Game & Watch.... en esta ocasión les dejo el disco basado en el primer juego de metroid que fue desarrollado en la consola Famicom/NES.

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Saludos.

Rock Band has seemed to up the ante when it comes to plastic toy instruments. They have recently announced the Ion Drum Kit to be sold separately from the normal Rock Band bundle. The Ion drums are to be considered for the hardcore only, retailing at $300 you have to be a little nuts to want to buy these. Lets do the math:

Rock Band Game: $59.99

2 Guitars: $59.99 x2

Microphone: $ 29.99

Ion Drum Kit: $299.99

Your looking at a total of: $509.95

Thats a lot of money for for one game. Granted the drum set is for the hardcore and I will admit I would love to play with them but I'm sure I'll never do that. I guess you get what you pay for as the official site of the drums makers, Ion, states that pretty much the drum is the highest quality drum kit you can get for your Rock Band experience.

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Con el fin de agilizar más el poder subir temas semanalmente, hemos decidido agregar mas temas, y para empezar hoy lunes y con toda la onda de Zelda, les traigo este tema de Saria's Song en versión Techno Groovy... en realidad la música electrónica entra en mis gustos personales y les digo que este tema esta excelente, si lo pusieran en una fiesta electro, se gozaría al máximo!

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Saludos

When I first played the game, the first thing that came to mind was Guitar Hero. This, I thought was a good sign. I thought that maybe the game won't be so bad. You use the stylus to tap records as they come down the screen and line up with the 5 speakers at the bottom. After getting a combo of 10, the records go on fire and you get double points for each hit until you miss, after a 20 combo they go gold and on fire, giving you double points for each hit, and after 40 hits they go platinum and you get quadruple points. Quite simple really, the only doubt I had was that you can't hit 2 notes at once because of touch screen limitations.

But I was quite naive to only have that doubt, because there are so many other "glitches" and annoyances. For instance, every time you hit a record, you have to get it perfectly in line with the speaker or you miss the record, making an annoying crashing noise. Also, hold notes are near impossible to hit. Annoyances like this made me hope the end could come sooner, and I'm glad the game is as short as it is, because I don't think I could hack anymore. If I ever do a feature of Worst games reviewed, this will definitely be up there somewhere, just after Ping Pals (which I'm not looking forward to reviewing).

Mini-mini games

Even though I would call the game itself a mini-game, there mini-mini games that you play while "rocking out". There are 3 mini-games that come up randomly to add some "variety" to the game, seeing as it's pretty repetetive. Game 1: letters come up saying ALVIN in the middle of the screen, and your supposed to shout Alvin into the mic, but blowing into it works fine. Game 2: You get a line, and a little circle, you have to keep the circle connecting to the line and try and drag it to the end of the line. Game 3: you have to use the stylus to do some scratching on a record, which results in a scratched up screen. Now you're probably wondering whether these games actually add variety and help the game out. Short answer, no.

Game-play - 3/10

Annoying and glitchy.

Graphics - 3/10

The top screen is the chipmunks rocking out on stage, which looks... OK, but seeing as you're never going to look at that screen it's pointless, and more effort should've gone into the actual game-play.

Presentation - 4/10

Fanatics of Alvin and the Chipmunks may just slightly enjoy this game, just because it's Alvin and the Chipmunks, not because it's any good.

Longevity - 2/10

Takes about an hour to complete, not that you'll be bothered to play it that long.

Sound -4/10

If you're into Alvin and the Chipmunks, you might not find this annoying as hell, but I'm not, so it gets a 4.

Overall - 24%

This game isn't even worth playing. It's a waste of time. They should have to pay you to play this game. If you bought it, you were ripped off.

Electroplankton simply put is a game where you make music in weird and wonderful, but random, ways. In fact, similar to how Linerider isn't classed as a "game", Electroplankton is also a musical art toy. The game is set in a sea-based world, and it is mysterious colourful tadpole-like sea-creatures that actually make the noises. Other then that, there is no story line, or nothing to base Electroplankton on. But does Electroplankton actually work? A lot of people want to know this, and the answer is yes and no.

A big let-down is that you can't record your masterpieces. But the game wasn't designed to be music-creation software, it was designed as an artistic works of the game industry. You get to play around with 10 different types of sea-creature (I'll list the names below), but my favourite is the Beatnes which is like a retro Nintendo remix center. You tap either the head of the nerve-cell-like creature, or the tail to play a Nintendo sound (i.e. 1UP sound) in conjunction with the music in the background, or part of the long body of the creature which plays a musical note. It records what you do as you play, and then plays it back while you keep adding to it. This is one for the retro Nintendo fans.

If you are thinking of getting this game, buy it pre-owned or the cheapest possible you can get, because you may be disappointed if you buy it full price. Some games aren't even worth buying, but this game is a must have as long as you can get it cheap.

Game-play - 7/10

There is no point to it, but it is a fun wind-down/chill out "game" so the game-play won't keep you hooked forever.

Graphics - 8/10

The graphics don't need to be good because the game is mainly sound based, but they have done a great job with the visuals and the style nonetheless.

Presentation - 8/10

Even though the designer left out a few critical things that would've made this game a lot better (like the option to record, or even better, automatic recording), the style of audio-visual art really works.

Longevity - 5-10

I can't see this game as being more then a wind-down every day, and even that will get a little bit boring.

Sound - 9/10

The sound is just amazing and when the player gets it right, they are rewarded with magnificent music of their own creation.

Overall - 74%

A great chillout game, I would even say it's a must-play... maybe not a must-have though. If you know anyone who owns this game, let them give you a 10 minute go on it. If not, rent or steal this game. It's not worth buying but it's definately worth playing. This is probably the best toy video-game out... Okay, it's the second best, next to linerider.

Disclaimer: Please don't steal the game I was joking, you fool. Take it out of your jacket pocket and put it back on the shelf. Theres a good boy(/girl)

Este es el turno de dejarles un disco compilado de CarboHydrom, donde entre 27 temas van a reconocer muchos de varios juegos, entre megaman, zelda, mario's y etc's... la calidad musical es magnifica, sobre todo por la fluidez y ritmo que llevan algunos de sus temas, pasando desde el hardcore, speed, trash y varios estilos mas mezclados con algo de progresivo xP... y por supuesto como no, las clásicas melodías de los videojuegos de antaño.

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Saludos

Al fin!!!! Si al fin pude subir el que es el temon de la semana, el cual va dedicado a todos los rumores con respecto a un supuesto nuevo Zelda que se mostraría en el pronto e3 a realizarse la otra semana... el día 15, ojala la gran N nos sorprenda y nos deje con la boca abierta, tal como esa vez cuando mostró el Twilight Princess.

Ahora a lo que vinimos, aquí esta el tema... de la mano de CarboHydrom les dejo UNSEALED, uno de los mejores medley musical del juego Zelda.

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Saludos.

Edit: Ya que varios me han pedido el tema para descarga, aqui les dejo el LINK... el tema en cuestion salio solo en un disco llamado UNSEALED... con el tema medley de The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past.

After 3 hours of nap, I woke up. Never before felt so refreshing. Partly because today was Sunday, there's no pressure for school. But, I think it's because I'm that kind that cannot take full nap at a time. Sleep 8 - 12 hour in one shot, often ends up lethargic.

Jiewei was late. Haha. So, I went to buy breakfast instead. The fried you tiao store never fails me to buy. Their "butterly" too nice not to resist though I'm the kind of person that get disgusted just looking at people eat oily stuff in the morning.

Oh ya, Christopher started his Silkroad journey in Server Hera. Stupid lor, I went in create new character. Can't find him. NemesisII, my foot! xD Maybe I went wrong place, the level 12 monsters there. Lol. My first time not reluctant to drop weapons and gold. Different server, no point keeping them. He learn Bard or Wizard. Lol, actually both makes good combination too. Wizard can teleport using Lighting spirit, can invisible using Ice spirit, can mass AoE KO using Earth spirit and can set fire traps and flamethrower using Fire spirit. And what's more? Wizard has the best INT damage for all the forces, caster and buff class.

Should I continue with Bard or Cleric? Cleric INT will be hard to combine with Warrior STR. Hybrids oftens the best and the hardest to train. But I like the "Offering" explosion.

KNS, Sotong plays FFTA2 for 40 hours le. He like no homework to do. Level ranges 35 - 40. 100+ quests completed, sibeh free prawn (sia).

Interactive Multimedia - haven't done HTML scripting. Tomorrow must complete. Must start thinking about the integrated exhibition le.

Drawing - done with sketchbook. Doing dressing research after this for class tomorrow.

Web Design - jialat, still at the illustrating stage. think give up on that "bleeding" concept for portfolio website.

Authoring - not good too, this week handing in digital draft. left another 2 weeks to integrate everything into cd-rom.

3D modelling - other classes started posting their character design le. this is going to be fun.

Motion Graphics - whoo, found the song!! yes!! must finish draft clip 2 by this Thursday. Simply simple concept will do the trick - after browsing some Master Degree's work. x)

JUST ONE MORE MONTH TO GO~~~ AND ANOTHER 3 WEEKS OF STUDIO PROJECT TO GO~~~

Not forgetting to update you on Claymore. Chapter 81 is out. I was right! That little girl is Priscilla. Whoo, couldn't believe that she stop eating guts all because of Raki.

Rene, the new claymore. Numb-ba 6. Quite ugly her hair. But then, outstanding yoki sense and agility (but still not as good as Ilena, Clare, Teresa of the Faint Smile, Priscilla the one-horned freak, Phantom Miria, Silver Lion Rigardo, White Silver King Isley, Riful, Windcutter and Stormwind Noel). No wonder Riful wants to employ her.

Whoo, quite a lengthy entry. But who cares? Lol. Can't be bothered.
Ciaossu~

Para los mas eruditos en el ámbito musical, les traemos es exquisito disco "arrange"... de la OST del juego F-Zero de Super Nintendo, la verdad que musicalmente hablando el disco es PERFECTO y se merece un 10. En serio, lo recomiendo 100% y no se aburrirán al escucharlo, todo lo contrario lo disfrutaran muchísimo.

Lista de temas:

1.- Opening Theme
2.- Big Blue
3.- Red Canyon
4.- Fire Field
5.- Silence
6.- White Land
7.- Port Town
8.- Select Time Theme
9.- Mute City
10.- Sand Ocean
11.- Death Wind
12.- Ending Theme

(Para bajar el disco, click en el icono)

Sin más que decir, espero que para el e3 que esta MUY PRONTO a realizarse... Nintendo me de la sorpresa y muestre un nuevo F-Zero.

Saludos.

Desde el pasado, les traigo este temita... que he puesto para ¡el temon de la semana!, se trata ni mas ni menos que de el grupo The One Up's, interpretando un tema del ya clásico juego, Super Mario Kart de Super Nintendo.... exactamente el tema de Koopa Beach.
Bueno sin más preámbulos... les dejo el tema.

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Saludos.

Bueno este es el regalito de fin de semana :), un compilado completo con todo lo que han hecho los amigos de Groxpixels, un excelente grupo dedicado a tocar melodías de videojuegos, sin duda técnicamente hablando es uno de los mejores que he escuchado, cuando pongan uno de los temas de tetris se darán cuenta por que.... bueno ahora les dejo los link's de descarga, son 3 partes.

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Agradezco al amigo Hayama de Gamercafe, por enseñarme este excelente grupo.

Saludos.

Como leen, tenemos dos de los discos mas solicitados por los gamers de parte de esta excelente filarmónica :), el primero se trata ni mas ni menos que la OST del juego Super Smash Bros Melee, esta totalmente en vivo, SIIIIIIIIIIII, en vivo !!!!!!!!1 en un concierto.... esperando que lo descarguen y lo disfruten.

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El otro disco que tambien les tenemos aqui es la OST del juego BIOHAZARD :: Orchestra Album (a.k.a. Resident Evil) con reconocidas melodias, como la de cuando vamos a los cuartos de "salvado" a abrir el baul de items....

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Saludos.

Finally, Clare the Cleric. All behind me berserk mode fighting Giant (party). I, cleric so don't need to zerk.

Whoo, took Jiapei's Silkroad account to create new character since he's not playing anymore. Created "Beth" the current Claymore No.2. So lucky this name wasn't taken. Actually wanted "Alicia" (Beth's twin) but the name was taken because too common. Since Alicia has 2 swords on her hand when she awakes, so Beth will be a Rogue - Dagger Mastery. I like Seiren, lure monster by attacking them with my Harp (Bard Mastery), then when they reach me, I immediately switch to Dagger and blow them off with my Butterfly Flashcutter. (okay, I made up that.)

So mean to those mob!!! I agree. x)

Dagger has the fastest parry hit ratio for Euro char in Silkroad plus Harp increases movement speed 50%. Thus, this has to be the best combination for speed.

Rogue shall be very fun. I'm gonna test invisibility, maybe Crossbow Mastery since it's together with Dagger. And of course Masking!! Change into monster. xD

So, I started with 3d modelling on this Thursday. Whoo, I went there play Viwawa instead.

And so, I started 3d modelling again on yesterday. Whoo, I went there watch animes instead.

Tada, I regret spending my holiday just like that. (as anticipated)

Anyway, Xiao korkor's debut album is out!! Do support anti-piracy (just for him) !!!

We talked about it on the newest Podcast, Retail Gamers Episode: 003, but Guitar Hero: On Tour will be coming out on, 6/22/08.  The device is pretty slick and I definitely want to try it out.

If you head on over to the official site, Guitar Hero: On Tour.  They have some great demos of how this thing will actually work.  I personally liked the real time 3-D demo of the unit going into and attaching to the DS itself.  They also have a great video of some, 'super cool kids,' rocking out with the game.  It shows how you hold it and play the game.

I personally hope this will work out.  A hand held guitar hero sounded like a joke but after poking around the official site and seeing more footage of the game I find myself even more interested then before.  Below is a pretty amusing, 'How to' video on the whole package that is Guitar Hero: On Tour.  Check it out and tell us what you think.

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Like the new Raki with Teresa's brute strength.

And best of all, he picked the best looking male character. Most 7th degree to 9th degree and up to Level 90 European characters are ugly. x)

Whoo, he buffs me. His fairy pet looks like cupid. And we are like getting married. xD

One normal attack can range from 8k to 10k++ above which most Chinese Characters need to attack combined with magic to achieve this damage. That's the power of Two-handed sword 'cause no shield not like One-handed sword.

Luckily, I didn't choose Warlock Mastery, or else we will be different. Finally, I can use 4th degree item. x) But, our relationship broke once I level up. He just disappeared without any single trace. So irresponsible, there were so many aggressive mobs around. He should have informed me that he is leaving earlier on, so I can prepare my return scroll and won't die there alone. Sob sob *heartbroken for Clare*

He wasn't disconnected because he dismissed our party mode before disappearing. Nevertheless, I got a new friend today. She is Level 80 something. She said she will powerlevel me tomorrow once she finish her real life's work. But, I guess there is no need anymore because I really need to start doing my assignment real soon. I'm like one week left to complete everything. xD

Buffalo for trading purpose. So cool, right? The thief is riding it. So haolian. But I like this kinda of freaking huge vehicle. I think Elephant and Ox smaller than Buffalo.

And this is why I like Silkroad. Silkroad has mobs (General) of giant size. Can you imagine how big mobs (Giant) can be? It's like freaking huge that my monitor can only manage to cover its stomach. xD

Now, I go play Viwawa. And if I can complete my homework, then I am God.

All the english name has less than 5 letters and they're living a better life right now. So I decided I should get a short name too. Actually, I have. Though Mas is short but it's kinda of malayish.

So, I was thinking about T-name. Maybe japanese abit, so Taka first. Hmm, afterawhile, it sounds wrong and people will nickname as Takashimaya. Second thought, Toma. Not nice, it sounds like "dragging horse". Next, Tuna. Hmm, kinda of sissy and fishy. x) So, maybe Tiki hur? Hmm, much better. Wait, isn't that Tykki from D. Grayman? Hmm, I must keep it simple and different from others. So, I ended up with "Tyki". (actually not much different from Tykki) So, how's that??? x)

Tyki Koh. Hmm, it doesn't rythmes. Shin (modified from Shim) Koh, it doesn't rythmes. So bandish and shinji-sh.

Thomas Koh still rythmes the best, actually. o_0

Here are some screenshot of Silkroad. Icekage is in the "Capture the Flag" event. Very lame, they expect me Lv 37, the highest level in the party to kill Lv 45 Villain Bird. Even if the one bird is of the same level, it will take like hell to finish it off because it's Mob (party though they didn't show party mode). Wakao and somemore so many birds around, it's very powerful of me to die only twice. My members like died and resurrected many many times. Woo, because we can't find the key (in one of the bird) the gate is locked and the opponents were stucked at the gate. Haha, I bow-user, so I can hit them in the room with long-range attacks. One shot, kill 7 enemies. WHAHAHAHA, 7 tickets won for the first time. x)

Started trading using Icekage again and currently focusing more on Clare with her claymore. Very hard to train, cause the monsters in Donwhang is higher level than her, maybe to a degree too. So, it's quite outstanding for me to level her up 3 level in one day despite only abit of Taxi here and there and slow HP recovery and using level 16 sword to kill level 27 Earth Ghosts. Whoo, one more level to use Level 24 Claymore: Aries Giant Sword. How I wish I can have SOSun (Seal Of Sun) Claymore for her... Haha, haha, hahaha... ...

Got free $5 viwawa card from my sister. Haha, I think I'm going to buy the $10 card. Since the card looks nice and have 100 points more for clothes and skills. xD

Do read Highschool of the Dead, manga. It's good. * matured content - horror and weeny bits of nudity *

Okay, byebye. I think I better start to do some homework this week or else I feel guilty next week and will regret when school term starts.

Ohya, I should get Jing Teng's album soon!!!

Sorry, been very busy after holiday has started.

Been busy with Manga:
- The Prince Cactus (do read if you are Ouran or Meteor's fans)
- Naruto (told you sasuke is bad. he betray his brother's wish again)
- Bleach (haha, stupid noel said Benihime seduced Suigetsu)
- Claymore (whoo, raki becames silver-eyed wizard)
- One Piece (stupidest auction ever seen)
- D.Grayman (fillers storyline - one word, boring)

There are more but currently not interested.

Been busy with Anime:
- Hitman Reborn (episode 10+ now)
- Vampire Knights (episode 4)
- Soul Eater (episode 9)
- Naruto: Shippuuden (latest episode)
- Bleach: 3rd Captain (latest episode)
- Zoku Zetsubo Sensei (currently not watching)
- D.Grayman (currently not watching)
- Gintama (no time to start yet)

There are more but currently not interested.

Been busy with NDS:
- 7 Wonders (2nd round, last second pyramid)
- Bleach (finding password for Urahara Store)
- Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (stuck at chapter 3)
- Professor Layton (74 puzzles solved)

There are more but currently not interested.

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Quite pro for Situ to draw my display pic with mouse. This actually reminds me that Christopher has not returned me back my purple heart, love token okay. Not with christopher, of course. x) Yah and my pooh still at his house too. Watched Kung Fu panda online with Situ yesterday, different computer, different location and different timing. x) 5 SuperSTARS for Kungfu Panda. I thought 2.5D animation not nice, but this is exception. And yes, the prelude was 2D.

Was chatting with christopher, he said he came back from Japan. Was on band exchange, I think. Of course, first thing is why never buy my souvenir?!? My second thing to ask was, got see porn on street anot? And he said yes. Wakao, I also want see. Just kidding. Somemore, he went for 1 week. Wao, liddat one week of sponsored porn lor. And he said he watched with his group on friends on the trip. So good, I also want. He not shy until I asked him, they film porn on the street or f*ck on the spot one. x) No wonder Japan living cost not cheap.

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my 3dsMax expired. Jialat, that means has to go school during holiday to do homework. HAHA, it's either I *you know* on the laptop or go to school and use the big big monitor. And fuck, I don't like to go to school because got motiongraphisticphobia. Recently, tried out MangaStudio Ex Demo. Not bad sia, the brush. Lol, I like got Corel Painter, OpenCanvas and MangaStudio, 1 wacom tablet also no use cause no thumb to draw. How I wish one day got 36 hours, 12 hours for me to sleep, 24 hours to work. That's why I don't like holiday, 2 weeks holiday became 1 week for me because half of the thumb I'm sleeping. Oh ya, I still haven open my newly bought Adobe CS3 suite. No thumb to import brushes and patterns from CS2. So worried if my 3Dsmax cant work if I install my CS3 suite. But now, 3dsmax expired, so relieved. OMG, now think about it, is it because I re-install After Effect CS3 then 3dsMax expired. Kao, so many bad things happened because of Motion Graphics.

I think I spend too much thumb here. Have no thumb to feed my hamster like for a few months liao. x)

No la, my sister have been taking initiative to feed them due to my irresponsibilites or rather thumbness-freak. Don't worried, no hamster was harmed.

Ciaossu~~

* holiday mood, so kinda high. please ignore this piece of chic *

Then, we were granted a sequel in Guitar Hero 2, and all was even better than before.

Then, we got Guitar Hero 2: '80's edition, and things got shaky. Then Harmonix split with Activision and RedOctane, to eventually make Rock Band, while Activision gave the Guitar Hero franchise to Neversoft, who then proceeded to create Guitar Hero 3, and, surprisingly, the two franchises coexisted quite well. Guitar Hero 3 built on the success of Harmonix's baby without missing a beat, and Rock Band improved the Guitar Hero formula by giving us the opportunity to form a band with our friends through their drum and microphone peripherals. For a $170 game, it did amazingly well, and continues to live up to it's promise of being more of a platform than a game, by providing new songs for users to purchase and play every week.

Why couldn't things simply stay like that? Why couldn't Guitar Hero place the emphasis solely on the guitar, while Rock Band kept tabs on the whole band? Read on after the break.

First, we get word that Guitar Hero: World Tour (Guitar Hero 4 with a different name, basically) will include a drum peripheral and a microphone. The interviewer's comment in the beginning of this clip sums up my feelings exactly:

"We have a new product coming out in the fall called "Guitar Hero: World Tour", which is the first time you'll have multiple instruments, drums, mic, a base, different guitar..."

Interviewer interjects: "It's called Rock Band, I think."

Golden. While Guitar Hero: World Tour does have some nice features, including the ability to create your own music, and all wireless instruments, I don't see the need for a second full band game. Not only has Rock Band been out on the market for a while, meaning that most people who have an interest in being able to recreate a full band probably already looked into that, but it already has a massive library of tracks available for purchase. Who is REALLY going to jump ship to Guitar Hero: World Tour and be able to afford to buy a bunch of DLC for that game too (not to mention the cost of Guitar Hero: World Tour...$180!)?

It doesn't stop there, unfortunately. Konami has seen fit to jump back into the music games arena, with Rock Revolution. Again, it has drums, guitar, and bass (no singing, however). Everything I have seen from the press that has had hands on time with the game says that it is uninspired and unneccessary. I personally don't care if it IS good. I lack the three things that would motivate me to even consider a third Rock Band-like game (I say third because I would buy Guitar Hero: World Tour before this, just based off of brand recognition):

1. Money

2. Time

3. SPACE!

Really, one would think that these companies would have the sense to make their products similar enough to allow us to play each game with one set of instruments, but GH:WT's drums have 3 drum pads and two cymbal pads, and Rock Revolution has 6 pads on it's awkwardly shaped drum set. In theory, one might assume that you could play each game's drum part with Rock Revolution's drum set, considering the fact that it has the most buttons, but we all know what happens when you assume something...

I was also remiss in mentioning Guitar Hero 3: Aerosmith Edition, and the future Guitar Hero: Metallica. That's just on the home console side. I also forgot to mention Guitar Hero: On Tour(not the same as Guitar Hero: WORLD Tour), hitting the Nintendo DS on June 22nd. Have you had enough Guitar Hero yet? I know I have.

I feel that we're nearing a point of market saturation. There is no logical reason for all of these products to exist if they are going to require different peripherals. I honestly have no problem with the band-centric editions of Guitar Hero, as long as they continue to enjoy full functionality with the peripherals currently on the market. The DS version doesn't even bother me, because it is at least the first time that Guitar Hero will be on a handheld. I DO take issue with Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution requiring  different instruments to be played. They don't do anything gameplay-wise that Rock Band doesn't, yet they felt the need to reinvent the wheel by creating games that require new Fisher-Price instruments. I understand the need to differentiate your products from those of the competitors, but is it worth it to do that at the expense of increasing the price of playing your game? I guess we will find out this fall, when both Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution hit pretty much every game console out there (I'm dead serious, I think they're all coming out on everything, including Rock Revolution hitting the DS).

*Yes, I realize that Konami actually started the guitar game phenomenon with Guitar Freaks, but only dorks played that game.

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Another Guitar hero game coming out soon as early 2009 from Activision, heavy metal band called Metallica. Of course guitar hero 4 is coming out soon as October 27, 2008 and seems likely that Run DMC will be in it. There are so many new music games coming out this year from other companies, you never know maybe rockband 2. Lets see if Guitar hero Metallica has new extreme challenge for gamers because is pretty fast playing action songs. Maybe there will be other heavy metal bands in it as well. There was some reports stated that the project had been quietly canceled in 2005, so maybe its an even bigger game.