Posts Tagged Rock Band

  • E3 2008: Microsoft press conference review

    There was a time when E3 was a really, really big deal.  Now, it's simply a really big deal.  One of the biggest factors of its whole big dealness comes from the console manufacturers' press conferences.  They typically range from the epic (introduction of the Wii) to the horribly, ...

  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith gets a trailer

    There isn't a whole lot that can be said for the new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith expansion.  The name basically explains it all.  However, it does feel a bit like the Guitar Hero is just gouging fans when Rock Band allows for so much downloadable content without having to purchase enti...

  • Game sales up 40% in February over last year despite sluggish economy

    The general economy may be down, but video game sales are up in a big way. Compared with the same period last year, games sales are up 40%. This is obviously a very good sign for the industry's ability to weather an economic downturn. Of interesting note among the numbers, the PlayStation 3 toppe...

  • Rock Band and Guitar Hero create classic rock fans of kids

    Whoever said nothing good comes of video games? With the rise of popular music titles such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero, so has there been a rise in the popularity of classic rock music. Everything from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Journey have seen a resurgence in popularity as a younger generation are expo...

  • Paramount pondering push into games

    Games are one area the major media companies have yet to quite figure out. While the third party gaming arena is still dominated by mostly game centric companies, it appears more and more that media conglomerates are going to force their way in. Hopefully this attempt is more successful than their...

  • Five things that video games get right

    While it is certainly easy to pick apart games and gaming culture, it is just as easy to note the things done right by games. If you have a friend who just can't wrap their mind around the idea that gaming can be good, let them settle in for five points on why gaming is not all bad for you. They b...

  • Jonathan Coulton passes through the looking glass

    Here's a surreal bit to see. Jonathan Coulton is the very talented music god to geeks. His fame has exploded as of late due to the song Still Alive featured in the closing credits of the game Portal. While Coulton doesn't actually sing the song in the game, here he is with other preforming the ...

  • Video of the day: Band Mashups gameplay

    What does one make of a title like Band Mashups for the Wii? It seems like a cheap cash-in on titles like Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band. Yet, all of those titles are derivative themselves. It seems like another bad idea for a Wii music title, much like Boogie by Electronic ...

  • Wii Fit’s huge sales disprove old law of peripherals

    Nintendo's Wii Fit title has done pretty much what everything Nintendo has touched lately has done-turned gold, and then platinum, as the case may be. Wii Fit has sold 1,283,000 units and reigned at the number one spot in Japanese game sales for the past four weeks. That's a pretty impressive feat...

  • Top ten games of 2007

    10) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords Puzzle games are a dime a dozen these days, and while particularly addictive ones can still get attention, it usually takes something truly innovative that breaks the mold to make everyone sit up and take notice. That's exactly what this title did. 9) Ra...