I'm getting better at Rock Band drums, but still only stick my toe in the harder difficulties on special occasions. So I was pleasantly surprised when without planning it, I earned the trophy for getting 100% on an Expert drum part. All thanks to "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" by Stephen and the Colberts (which is free to download!), a song that ( Read more... )

Sweet, an Alice in Chains pack. Good shit. Despite hearing it on the radio way too much in the 90s, "Man in the Box" is one of my favorite RB2 tracks, and one that I can sing pretty decently if I say so myself (and no one else will). The new DLC is a 5-pack with two songs from their new album that just came out this week, but a blind buy doesn't ( Read more... )

When amassing seasons of Seinfeld on DVD, I'm sure someone asked me what the point was since it's on TV all the time. Well, once you decide to cut cable out of your life, your DVD collection gets a lot more useful. I just finished revisiting Seinfeld again, wondering if it would hold up. It's been 11 years(!) since it ended, and every time Seinfeld ( Read more... )

Short review: If you like The Beatles and you like playing with fake plastic instruments, you'll love The Beatles: Rock Band.
( I read the news today, oh boy... )

Apparently, Harmonix are as nerdy as I am: "I've got blisters on my fingers" is a scored "talkie" phrase on the vocal track for "Helter Skelter" in The Beatles: Rock Band.

And here's a kinda amusing look at what might've been if the Guitar Hero people made the Beatles game instead:

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If nothing else, Rock Band has motivated me to blog more than anything else in a while. So I grabbed the entire Talking Heads DLC pack for Rock Band and tried each song once or twice, and here are my quick impressions:

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I took some time to decide whether to get the Rock Band 2 bundle or the one for Guitar Hero: World Tour. Since both sets would work with The Beatles game and were going for about the same price, my inner debate focused on the drums. I was really looking forward to playing fake drums and I liked GHWT's more "realistic" drums due to the inclusion of ( Read more... )

..."The End".

So yeah, I'm loving Rock Band and it's loving me back with the announcement of a Talking Heads DLC pack being released this week:

"Crosseyed and Painless"
Excellent choice and not an obvious one; I think this will be the most fun song in the pack.

"Take Me To The River"
Nice, but I wish we could play the groovier and faster live version from Stop ( Read more... )

Good article from the New York Times about Harmonix and the making of The Beatles: Rock Band: While My Guitar Gently Beeps

This bit reinforces why Harmonix rocks:

But last month Harmonix announced that it will license software tools and provide training for anyone to create and distribute interactive versions of their own songs on a new Rock Band ( Read more... )