Announced this week was Rock Band 3, available for a premium spot under your Christmas tree later this year. They completely redesigned the game from the ground up and it looks pretty swanky. Vocal harmonies are integrated (as experienced on the Beatles Rock Band), a keyboard is introduced, all the previous songs from earlier Rock Bands can be imported, a Pro Mode is introduced, and there's a new (not cheap) guitar that can read your hand position to show you on the screen and act as a real guitar! Reality and games blur together by one more degree!
Hit the link for a video of the guitar in game and real life action and be wowed. Soon we will all be Rock and Roll legends in our own living rooms!
Rock Band 3 With A Real F'ing Guitar!!
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2010-06-16
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So rare to tell a company what you want and then have them say, "yeah, let's do that." I'll buy it just to show approval.
Now, if they could do more than those shitty background concert scenes... hint, hint?
I'm going to reserve judgement on this until I've had a chance to play with it (a rare thing indeed, that Kyro would _reserve_ judgement).
I wonder if the "real" guitar will be prohibitively expensive? And what about this keyboard thingy? Why wouldn't my regular MIDI keyboard (I have a very usable M-Audio Axiom-49) work just fine? It's USB...
In other news, I've been seriously considering moving into Country Music writing/production - when does Country Band 1 come out (should include authentic cowboy hats and spurs, hey pardner?).
The 120 button guitar is about $150. There's a nicer one with full strings, I believe, that's going for over $200.
The game and keyboard can be bought for $130. MIDI adaptors are available through MadCatz (the new equipment manufacturer) for about $50 a piece and can be used to include your MIDI guitar, keyboard, drums, etc. So MIDI away!
I am not reserving my judgment on Country Band, and think you deserve a special corner in hell for even bringing it up. In your corner of hell Conway Twitty will regale you with his greatest hits while Willie Nelson (he'll be there soon enough) giggles and won't share his weed...
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