pass or fail
daily dos
fri 9/11/2009
Courtney Love says she will sue Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero 5, for using the likeness of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in the game. Activison released a statement saying it "secured the necessary licensing rights… in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love." (via The Daily Swarm)
caught offsides
daily dos
tue 11/18/2008
Guitar Hero lets you become a rock god. Guitar Praise lets Christians rock with God. (via Kotaku)
Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero
versus
tue 11/11/2008
| name | Rock Band. | Guitar Hero. |
| release date | November 20, 2007. | November 8, 2005. |
| debuted on | Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 2. | Playstation 2. |
| originally developed by | Harmonix Music Systems. | Harmonix Music Systems/Red Octane. |
| designers | Greg LoPiccolo, Chris Canfield, Rob Kay and Dan Teasdale. | Mary Magdilen, Ryan Lesser, Rob Kay and Josh Randall. |
| genre | Music and rhythm game. | Music and rhythm game. |
| inspiration | Guitar Hero, DrumMania and karaoke. | Konami arcade game Guitar Freaks and Gitaroo Man. |
| gameplay | Pressing and hitting buttons and pads in game controllers in order to sync musical notes and complete songs without too many mistakes. | Pressing buttons on a game controller in order to synch musical notes and complete songs without too many mistakes. |
| game controls and peripherals | Plastic controllers that look like guitar, drums plus a microphone. | Plastic controller that looks like a guitar. World Tour now includes drums and a microphone. |
| the kids love | Paramore's crushcrushcrush, Fall Out Boy's Dead on Arrival and Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home. | Tokio Hotel's Monsoon, Rise Against's Re-Education (Through Labor) and Bullet For My Valentine's Scream Aim Fire. |
| old folks love | Metallica's Enter Sandman, Blue Oyster Cult's (Don't Fear) The Reaper and David Bowie's Suffragette City. | Black Sabbath's Iron Man, Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water and The Ramone's I Wanna Be Sedated. |
| revived the careers of | Guns N' Roses. | Metallica. |
| the critics | Gamespot: "Rock Band is every wannabe musician's dream. [It's] a guaranteed good time for any music lover, and one of the best party games you'll ever play." | The Onion AV Club: "An epic rock masterpiece that may be the most purely fun game out there. Every single minute is great." |
| how to play it better | Teamwork and practice. | Time and practice. |
| sequels | Rock Band 2. | Guitar Hero 2 and Guitar Hero 3, World Tour, Rocks The 80's, etc. |
| juice | A Beatles-themed version of the game is in the works. | World Tour ads feature celebrities like Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Alex Rodriguez and Tony Hawk. |
| as seen on | Rock Band TV Show. | South Park. |
| awards | Best Music Game by IGN and The Academy of Interactive Ats & Sciences' Family Game of the Year. | Best Music Game by IGN in 2005 and Excellence in Audio and Game Innovation by The Game Developer's Choice Awards. |
| sales | 600 million dollars in retail sales. | 1.6 billion dollars combined in retail sales. |
ballots and bailouts
daily dos
thu 10/30/2008
Maxim magazine targets '80s boy band Menudo in Rejected Guitar Heroes. (via Kotaku)
life after death
daily dos
sun 10/26/2008
Celebrity athletes A-Rod, Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant and Tony Hawk making the band for Guitar Hero: World Tour.
locked up?
daily dos
fri 9/5/2008
Embody the handsome Phil Dalhausser Billy Corgan in the forthcoming Guitar Hero World Tour.
round two
daily dos
mon 9/1/2008
Director Brett Ratner says he wants to make a movie based on the video game Guitar Hero – did he hear about the Facebook movie?
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